Africa in the colonial ages of empire : slavery, capitalism, racism, colonialism, decolonization, independence as recolonization, and beyond / Tatah Mentan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mentan, Tatah, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Africa.

Globalization.

Africa.

Postcolonialism--Africa.

Postcolonialism.

Decolonization--Africa.

Decolonization.

Imperialism.

Africa--Colonial influence.

Colonial influence.

Africa--Colonization.

Colonization.

Africa--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 495 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2018]

Summary:

Words like "colonialism" and "empire" were once frowned upon in the U.S. and other Western mainstream media as worn-out left-wing rhetoric that didn't fit reality. Not anymore! Tatah Mentan observes that a growing chorus of right-wing ideologues, with close ties to the Western administrations' war-making hawks in NATO, are encouraging Washington and the rest of Europe to take pride in the expansion of their power over people and nations around the globe. Africa in the Colonial Ages of Empire is written from the perspective that the scholarly lives of academics researching on Africa are changing, constantly in flux and increasingly bound to the demands of Western colonial imperialism. This existential situation has forced the continent to morph into a tool in the hands of Colonial Empire. According to Tatah Mentan, the effects of this existential situation of Africa compel serious academic scrutiny. At the same time, inquiry into the African predicament has been changing and evolving within and against the rhythms of this "new normal" of Colonial Empire-Old or New. The author insists that the long and bloody history of imperial conquest that began with the dawn of capitalism needs critical scholarly examination. As Marx wrote in Capital: "The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and looting of the East Indies, the turning of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black-skins, signaled the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production. These idyllic proceedings are the chief moment of primitive accumulation." Africa in the Colonial Ages of Empire is therefore a MUST-READ for faculty, students as well as policy makers alike in the changing dynamics of their profession, be it theoretically, methodologically, or structurally and materially.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Prolegomena to the Colonial Ages of Empire-Old and New

ch. One Introduction and Summary

ch. Two On Colonial Empire: Theoretical Situatedness

pt. II Africa in the Old Colonial Age of Empire

ch. Three The Cotton Empire of Slavery, Racism and Resistance

ch. Four Africa in the Old Empire Of Territorial Colonization

ch. Five Africa: Legacies of Old Colonial Age of Empire

pt. III Africa in the New Colonial Age of Empire

ch. Six Africa between Independence and Neocolonial Age of Empire

ch. Seven Africa in the Neoliberal Colonial Age of Empire

ch. Eight Africa in the Colonial Age of Globalization Empire

pt. IV Back to the Future and Exiting the Colonial Ages of Empire

ch. Nine Reprise, Summary, and Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789956764099

9956764094

OCLC:

1019883088

Publisher Number:

99989206476