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Author Taiwo, Olufemi, 1956-

Title How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
©2010

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 Moore Stacks  DT14 .T35 2010    Available  ---
Description xii, 352 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Colonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shores : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of British colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globalization : doing it right this time around.
Subject Africa -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
Africa.
Civilization.
Philosophy.
Africa -- Colonial influence.
Colonial influence.
Africa -- Colonization -- History.
Colonization.
History.
Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- History.
Europe.
Colonies.
Colonies -- Africa -- History.
Africa -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Missionaries -- Africa -- History.
Missionaries.
Democracy -- Africa.
Democracy.
Capitalism -- Africa.
Capitalism.
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