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How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa by Olúfémi Táíwò is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olúfémi Táíwò claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Táíwò looks closely at modern instit
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- Author
- Olúfémi Táíwò
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253221308
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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