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Why does treating a nation as an extended tribe require explaining atrocities in Africa?

If someone claimed a tribe is an extended family, would you demand he explain family feuds?

Because when the central power which designed the border and defined them as a nation, is going away, old tribal tension and conflict are resurging. Leading to inter-tribe genocide. Therefore, tribalism has nothing to do with nationalism... :)

You are missing the point. He's explicitly saying those _States_ aren't _Nations_. Hence the term "Nation-State" where a state is coterminous with a nation.

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