dippo: What i hear sammy saying is that, you know, that conversation has happened, and it doesn't need to be called decolonization. Would youknow, what's your kind o take on that? I mean, they're two parts for that. Fussy certainly. You know, i'm not the first person to try what we havev had ofr the last many decades. It is a rejection of a proper understanding of africas a history. And so i do kind of understand er where femmy's coming from when he talks about the importance of language.
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Today, decolonisation is generally spoken of as the rightful return of things to the way they once were, and the removal of all traces of colonial rule. But is this necessarily the best way to move forward and give agency to African nations? Or has decolonisation become a reductionist trope – a scapegoat for modern problems? To delve into the nuances and importance of decolonisation we're joined by Olufemi Taiwo, Professor of African Political Thought at Cornell University and author of Against Decolonisation: Taking African Agency Seriously, and Dipo Faloyin, Senior Editor at VICE and author of Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa. Our host for this Sunday Debate is Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer, engineer and award-winning social advocate.
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