02573nam 2200637 a 450 991077975730332120230126203357.01-77922-227-02-86978-579-82-86978-577-1(CKB)2550000001064462(EBL)1220909(OCoLC)854973980(SSID)ssj0001071301(PQKBManifestationID)11610759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001071301(PQKBWorkID)11102656(PQKB)10133638(MiAaPQ)EBC1220909(OCoLC)851161486(MdBmJHUP)muse28681(Au-PeEL)EBL1220909(CaPaEBR)ebr10721191(CaONFJC)MIL498960(EXLCZ)99255000000106446220130622d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrColoniality of power in postcolonial Africa[electronic resource] myths of decolonization /Sabelo J. Ndlovu-GatsheniDakar, Senegal CODESRIA20131 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.2-86978-578-X 1-299-67710-X Includes bibliographical references.pt. 1. Colonial matrix of power -- pt. 2. Discursive constructions -- pt. 3. Case studies.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 colonialiPostcolonialismAfricaPower (Social sciences)AfricaDecolonizationAfricaAfricaColoniesHistoryPostcolonialismPower (Social sciences)Decolonization320.96Ndlovu-Gatsheni Sabelo J939194MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779757303321Coloniality of power in postcolonial Africa3844565UNINA