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Africa Must Be Modern : A Manifesto by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (Olufemi Taiwo) is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Africa Must Be Modern : A Manifesto about?
<p>In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olúfémi Táíwò explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Táíwò insists that Africa can renew itself only by fully engaging with democracy and capitalism and by mining its untapped intellectual resources. While many may not agree with Táíwò's positions,
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (Olufemi Taiwo)
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253012722
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, History
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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