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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779757303321

Autore

Ndlovu-Gatsheni Sabelo J

Titolo

Coloniality of power in postcolonial Africa [[electronic resource] ] : myths of decolonization / / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : CODESRIA, 2013

ISBN

1-77922-227-0

2-86978-579-8

2-86978-577-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

320.96

Soggetti

Postcolonialism - Africa

Power (Social sciences) - Africa

Decolonization - Africa

Africa Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Colonial matrix of power -- pt. 2. Discursive constructions -- pt. 3. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This lively book interrogates the African postcolonial condition with a focus on the thematics of liberation predicament and the long standing crisis of dependence (epistemological, cultural, economic, and political) created by colonialism and coloniality. A sophisticated deployment of historical, philosophical, and political knowledge in combination with the equi-primordial concepts of coloniality of power, coloniality of being, and coloniality of knowledge yields a comprehensive and truly refreshing understanding of African realities of subalternity. How global imperial designs and coloniali