Empire and Economics Decolonising Colonialism and Its Legacies in Africa

In order effectively to decolonise Africa we need to understand better the economic and political effects of colonialism in and on Africa today. To achieve that understanding we need to look beyond the tired, well-trodden themes in African historiography and political theory. Liberalism, communism,...

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Published inTheoria (Pietermaritzburg) Vol. 63; no. 147; pp. 1 - 5
Main Author Hamilton, Lawrence
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Berghahn Journals 01.06.2016
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Berghahn Books, Inc
Subjects
Apartheid
Colonialism
Communism
Cultural values
Decolonization
Economic aspects
Educational attainment
Finance
Historical analysis
Historiography
History
Identity
Independence
Liberalism
Nationalism
Political philosophy
Politics
Power
Rules
War
Africa
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Summary:In order effectively to decolonise Africa we need to understand better the economic and political effects of colonialism in and on Africa today. To achieve that understanding we need to look beyond the tired, well-trodden themes in African historiography and political theory. Liberalism, communism, African and Afrikaner nationalism, localised cultural and social histories and related ideological conflicts of identity have failed to grasp and explain the relations of power that continue to operate at the level of economics, finance, education, war and politics. These factors have not adequately been thought through theoretically, precisely because they are treated as inevitable material circumstances separate from the longue durée of justifying ideas, enduring practices and relations of power and the persistence of institutions even, in many cases, sixty years after independence from colonial rule.
Bibliography:Original Article
Editorial
ISSN:0040-5817
1558-5816
DOI:10.3167/th.2016.6314701