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Olúfemi Táíwò, "Against Decolonization: Taking African Agency Seriously" (Hurst, 2022)

New Books in Anthropology

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Decolonizing African Philosophy?

The author says the idea of decolonization is attractive to thinkers all over the world. He argues that what is going on post independence in africa may in some respects be explained by colonialism, but for the most part, after independence, you need to take african agencies seriously. "To continue to treat africa as if it were the plafings of, you know, super powers, i think it's nonsense"

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