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Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

Kalu, Kenneth
Falola, Toyin

Paperback

Series: African Histories and Modernities

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3030072029
ISBN13: 9783030072025
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 25 2019
Pages: 303
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. Political independence has not produced inclusive institutions, economic growth, or social stability for most Africans--it has merely transferred the benefits of exploitation from colonial Europe to a tiny African elite. Contributors investigate representations of colonial and postcolonial exploitation in literature and rhetoric, covering works from African writers such as Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kwame Nkrumah, and Bessie Head. It then moves to case studies, drawing lines between colonial subjugation and present-day challenges through essays on Mobutu's Zaire, Nigerian politics, the Italian colonial fascist system, and more. Together, these essays look towards how African states may transform their institutions and rupture lingering colonial legacies.

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