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OverviewIn a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olufemi Taiwo explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Taiwo insists that Africa can renew itself only by fully engaging with democracy and capitalism and by mining its untapped intellectual resources. While many may not agree with Taiwo's positions, they will be unable to ignore what he says. This is a bold exhortation for Africa to come into the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Olúfémi TáíwòPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.254kg ISBN: 9780253012753ISBN 10: 0253012759 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 April 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface to the U.S. Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Why Africa Must Get on Board the Modernity Express 2. The Sticky Problem of Individualism 3. The Knowledge Society and Its Rewards 4. Count, Measure, and Count Again 5. Process, not Outcome: Why Trusting Your Leader, Godfather, Ethnic Group or Chief May Not Best Secure Your Advantage 6. Against the Philosophy of Limits: Installing a Culture of Hope IndexReviews""This is a little book with very big and controversial ideas. It draws a bold, clear line in the sand. African scholars everywhere on the continent will acutely recognize themselves and their condition of work in this. They cannot disagree with the truth of this book, but only with how too fearfully truthful it is."" - Tejumola Olaniyan, author of Arrest the Music: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics ""At a time when many informed and highly placed economists, political scientists, historians, and other professionals (most of them foreigners) with stakes and expertise in African affairs appear to be locked in a futile game of breast-beating about what is wrong with the African continent, it is both a relief and a matter of gratitude to hear an African make a remorseless case such as the one in this book."" - Akin Adesokan, author of Postcolonial Artists of Global Aesthetics This is a little book with very big and controversial ideas. It draws a bold, clear line in the sand. African scholars everywhere on the continent will acutely recognize themselves and their condition of work in this. They cannot disagree with the truth of this book, but only with how too fearfully truthful it is. - Tejumola Olaniyan, author of Arrest the Music: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics At a time when many informed and highly placed economists, political scientists, historians, and other professionals (most of them foreigners) with stakes and expertise in African affairs appear to be locked in a futile game of breast-beating about what is wrong with the African continent, it is both a relief and a matter of gratitude to hear an African make a remorseless case such as the one in this book. - Akin Adesokan, author of Postcolonial Artists of Global Aesthetics Author InformationOlúfémi Táíwò is Professor of Africana Studies at the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. He is author of How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa (IUP, 2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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