Empire, global coloniality and African subjectivity / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Political aspects--Africa.

Globalization.

Nationalism--Africa.

Nationalism.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Global imperial designs, which have been in place since conquest by western powers, did not suddenly evaporate after decolonization. Global coloniality as a leitmotif of the empire became the order of the day, with its invisible technologies of subjugation continuing to reproduce Africa's subaltern position, a position characterized by perceived deficits ranging from a lack of civilization, a lack of writing and a lack of history to a lack of development, a lack of human rights and a lack of democracy. The author's sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has k

Contents:

Part 1. Global imperial designs and empire

Introduction: empire and global coloniality: towards a decolonial turn

Global imperial designs and pan-Africanism

Coloniality of power and African development

Part 2. Subject, subjection and subjectivity

The ticklish subject in Africa

Subjection and subjectivity in South Africa

Nationality of power in Zimbabwe

Part 3. Coloniality, knowledge and nationalism

Coloniality of knowledge and higher education

African national project and national question

Part 4. Conclusion

Global crisis and Africa today.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-80758-963-3

0-85745-952-X

OCLC:

855505468