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958944
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b713314
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Taiwo, Olufemi.
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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa /\ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò.
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| Publication Statement
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Bloomington :: Indiana University Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xii, 352 pages)
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| ISBN
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0253003970
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: 0253221307
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: 0253353742
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: 1282539817
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: 661253981X
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: 9780253003973
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: 9780253221308
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: 9780253353740
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: 9781282539815
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: 9786612539817
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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, Olmi Two 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. Two looks closely at modern.
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Capitalism-- Africa.
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Colonies-- Africa-- History.
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Democracy-- Africa.
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Missionaries-- Africa-- History.
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Capitalism
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Civilization-- Philosophy
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Colonial influence
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colonialisme-- modernité-- science-- Afrique-- 19e s.-- 21e s. (début)
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Colonies
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Colonization
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Democracy
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Kolonialismus
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Missionaries
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Moderne
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Politics and government.
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Recht
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Emigration Immigration.
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Africa, Civilization, Philosophy.
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Africa, Colonial influence.
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Africa, Colonization, History.
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Africa, Politics and government.
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Europe, Colonies, Africa, History.
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Dewey Classification
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325.6
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| LC Classification
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DT14.T35 2010eb
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