LEADER 03973oam 22004573 450 001 9910751390803321 005 20240909180344.0 010 $a3-031-40360-6 035 $a(PPN)280113757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30787816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30787816 035 $a(CKB)28505139700041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928505139700041 100 $a20231017d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReimaging Africa $elifting the veil of ignorance /$fAdeyinka A. Adewale, Stefan Schepers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 210 4$d©2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 171 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Adewale, Adeyinka Reimaging Africa Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031403590 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- A Veil of Ignorance -- 2 Pre-colonial Political Order in Africa -- Introduction -- Egypt and North African Kingdoms -- The Sahel and West African Kingdoms and Empires -- Central African Kingdoms and Empires -- Southern African Kingdoms and Empires -- East African Kingdoms and Empires -- Conclusion -- 3 Pillars of Africa's Ancient Economies -- Introduction -- Economic Structures in Pre-Colonial Africa -- Economic Activities in Pre-Colonial Africa -- Crops, Livestock and Fish -- Manufacturing -- Mining -- Currencies in Pre-Colonial Africa -- Going Global -- The Economic Decline of Pre-Colonial Africa -- 4 African Pre-Colonial Social and Political Structures -- Introduction -- Communitarianism as a Basis for African Social Values -- Families and Clans as Basic Units of African Societies -- From Clans to City-States: The Evolution of African Societies -- African Pre-Colonial Socio-Political Structures and Systems -- Colonisation and African Socio-Political Structures -- Implications for African Values Systems -- Conclusions -- 5 Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence -- Introduction: The Twilight of the Colonial Period -- African Nationalism in the Struggle for Independence -- Colonial Oppression -- Missionary Churches and Education -- World Wars I and II -- Europe's Golden Age of Economic Growth -- African Post-Colonial Independence -- 6 An Interdependency Stuck in the Past -- The Original Sin -- The Long Twilight of Colonialism -- Reparation of the Minds -- Forging a Constructive Interdependence -- Creating a Virtuous Cycle -- 7 Facing the Future -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis book, through a politico-historical analysis, aims to provide a more balanced perspective regarding the nature of Africa's relations with other global regions. It emphasizes the sophisticated nature of pre-colonial African politico-historical commentaries often overlooked or simplified. As such, the narrative avoids the usual misrepresentations which impress that African-European interactions are a history of European actions in an Africa generally devoid of anything similar to the cultures, institutions and abilities of Europe. Further, it contests the historical narrative that indigenous Africans have had no real active role vis-a?-vis an assertive, dominating Europe in historical times. Within this book, the contestation of such narratives with evidence-based counter perspectives is of particular benefit for our current educational, social and political contexts. 607 $aAfrica$xForeign relations$xHistory 607 $aAfrica$xHistory$yTo 1884 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 676 $a327.6009 700 $aAdewale$b Adeyinka$01432828 701 $aSchepers$b Stefan$0780493 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910751390803321 996 $aReimaging Africa$93577843 997 $aUNINA