The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency

Serges Djoyou Kamga

doi:10.5771/9781666961614

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6160-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6161-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 380
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. The Man Toyin Falola: Background, Personality, Career, and Achievement No access
2. Falola and His Contributions to African History No access
3. Falola, Agency, and Pan-Africanism No access
4. African Politics and Transformation No access
5. Falola and the State of Nigeria No access
6. Falola and Contemporary Intellectualism No access
7. Conclusion: Why Study Falola? No access
8. Notes No access
1. Falola on Decolonial Agency, Hybridity, and Modernism No access
2. Decolonial Agency: The Resistance of Colonial Structures and Practices No access
3. Hybridity and the Blending of Cultures: Creating an Inclusive and Harmonious World No access
4. Modernity: The Colonial Imposition on Identities, Cultures, and Social Structures in Africa No access
5. Decolonial Agency, Hybridity, and Modernity No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Analysis of the Transatlantic Slave Trade No access
2. African People’s Agency in Dealing with European Powers No access
3. Effects of Colonization on African Communities No access
4. Legacies of Colonialism in Africa No access
5. Notes No access
1. Reflections on the Impact of Colonialism No access
2. Overcoming Coloniality: The African Agency No access
3. Remnants of Colonialism No access
4. Significance of Understanding Colonial Ambiguities No access
5. The Importance of Challenging Globalist Narratives No access
6. Notes No access
1. Colonialism and Its Impacts on African Culture No access
2. Decolonizing African Culture No access
3. African Culture: Resilience in the Face of Globalization and Neocolonialism No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Centrality of Culture to African Postcolonial Future No access
2. The Process of Decolonization No access
3. Challenges Confronting Postcolonial African Cultures No access
4. Notes No access
1. Colonized Institutions No access
2. The Function of Leadership in Postcolonial Africa No access
3. Leadership Obstacles and Responses No access
4. Responses of Leaders to These Obstacles No access
5. Leadership Reorientation in Postcolonial Africa: A Pathway to Sustainable Progress No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Democracy in Africa: The Twenty-First-Century Experience No access
2. Historical and Cultural Roots of Authoritarianism in Africa No access
3. African Democracy and Government: The Role of Various Bodies No access
4. Challenges to African Democracy No access
5. Notes No access
1. Historical and Cultural Roots of Development and Modernity in Africa No access
2. African Discourse on Modernity No access
3. Toyin Falola on Elusive Development in Africa No access
4. Challenges and Prospects of Development in Africa No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Women–Society Relations in Africa No access
2. Gender Issues in African Politics No access
3. Rethinking Gender Issues in Africa No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Historical Roots of Western Knowledge Production in Africa No access
2. Toyin Falola on Rethinking Knowledge No access
3. Critique of Western Epistemology No access
4. Arguments for an African-centered Approach to Knowledge Production No access
5. The Impact of Knowledge Production on African Scholarship and the Academy No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Envisioned Future No access
2. Modernity, Politics, Culture, and Knowledge Production No access
3. Rewriting African History: Pan-Africanism and Contemporary Challenges No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 317 - 366
Index No access Pages 367 - 378
About the Author No access Pages 379 - 380