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This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. Political independence has not produced inclusive institutions, economic growth, or social stability for most Africans—it has merely transferred the benefits of exploitation from colonial Europe to a tiny African elite. Contributors investigate representations of colonial and postcolonial exploitation in literature and rhetoric, covering works from African writers such as Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kwame Nkrumah, and Bessie Head. It then moves to case studies, drawing lines between colonial subjugation and present-day challenges through essays on Mobutu’s Zaire, Nigerian politics, the Italian colonial fascist system, and more. Together, these essays look towards how African states may transform their institutions and rupture lingering colonial legacies. ** From the Back Cover This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. Political independence has not produced inclusive institutions, economic growth, or social stability for most Africans―it has

Who reads Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (African Histories and Modernities)?

Author

Kenneth Kalu; Toyin Falola

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319964973

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Political Science