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African postcolonial modernity informal subjectivities and the democratic consensus /

African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization.

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Main Authors: Osha, Sanya.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: African histories and modernities
Subjects:
Political culture > Africa.
Globalization > Political aspects > Africa.
Globalization > Social aspects > Africa.
Colonialism & imperialism > Africa.
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism > Africa.
African history > Africa.
History.
Africa > Politics and government > Philosophy > 1960.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137446930
Summary: African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization.
'This book traverses numerous aspects of contemporary African modernity, institution-building processes and existence. The travails of current Nigerian democracy are addressed just at its knowledge-generating tertiary institutions are critiqued. In addition, the author explores the singular nature and rogue dynamics of African cities - how they are continually shaped and propelled by local imperatives and global configurations. This makes them resilient and somewhat strangely survivalist in character even when besieged by extremely dire circumstances. This is a major contribution by a prominent voice grounded on the continent' - Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137446923, 2014.
Carrier Form: 276 p.
ISBN: 9781137446930 :
1137446935 :
CLC: D740.2
Contents: 1. The Polis: From Greece to an African Athens 2. The Order/Other of Political Culture 3. Urbanscapes 4. Violence and the Production of Knowledge 5. Politics from the Global South 6. Global Activism and Discourses of Dispossession in South Africa 7. African Sexualities I 8. African Sexualities II 9. Yearnings of Modernity.

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