Reimaging Africa

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-40359-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 171 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

This 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-à-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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schepers, Stefan

Adewale, Adeyinka

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction – A Veil of Ignorance.- Chapter 2 Pre-colonial Political Order in Africa.- Chapter 3 Pillars of Africa’s Ancient Economies.- Chapter 4 African Pre-colonial Social and Political Structures.- Chapter 5 Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence.- Chapter 6 An Interdependency Stuck in the Past.- Chapter 7 Facing the Future.

Über Autor(innen)

Adeyinka Adewale is Associate Professor, Leadership Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

Stefan A.V.J.G. Schepers is Visiting Professor European Studies at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.