Kenneth (Hrsg.) Kalu

Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

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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 an… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Falola, Toyin (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-96496-6
EAN: 9783319964966
Produktnummer: 29060006
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 303 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'861 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
Abbildungen: Bibliographie

Über den Autor

Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor of Global Management at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. A celebrated scholar of global stature, Falola has published numerous books and essays in diverse areas.