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Author Taiwo, Olufemi, 1956-

Title How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 352 pages)
Contents Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Colonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shores : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of British colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globalization : doing it right this time around
Summary Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Two looks closely at modern
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index
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Subject Colonies -- Africa -- History
Missionaries -- Africa -- History
Democracy -- Africa
Capitalism -- Africa
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Capitalism
Civilization -- Philosophy
Colonial influence
Colonies
Colonization
Democracy
Missionaries
Politics and government
Kolonialismus
Recht
Moderne
colonialisme -- modernité -- science -- Afrique -- 19e s. -- 21e s. (début)
SUBJECT Africa -- Civilization -- Philosophy
Africa -- Colonial influence
Africa -- Colonization -- History
Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- History
Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001570
Subject Africa
Afrika
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780253003973
0253003970
0253353742
9780253353740
0253221307
9780253221308
1282539817
9781282539815
9786612539817
661253981X