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Coloniality of power in postcolonial Africa : myths of decolonization / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postcolonialism--Africa.
- Postcolonialism.
- Power (Social sciences)--Africa.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Decolonization--Africa.
- Decolonization.
- Africa--Colonies--History.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This lively book interrogates the African postcolonial condition with a focus on the thematics of liberation predicament and the long standing crisis of dependence (epistemological, cultural, economic, and political) created by colonialism and coloniality. A sophisticated deployment of historical, philosophical, and political knowledge in combination with the equi-primordial concepts of coloniality of power, coloniality of being, and coloniality of knowledge yields a comprehensive and truly refreshing understanding of African realities of subalternity. How global imperial designs and coloniali
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Colonial matrix of power
- pt. 2. Discursive constructions
- pt. 3. Case studies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-77922-227-0
- 2-86978-579-8
- 2-86978-577-1
- OCLC:
- 854973980
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