In this Book
- Africa Must Be Modern: A Manifesto
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olúfémi Táíwò 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? Táíwò 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 Táíwò's positions, they will be unable to ignore what he says. This is a bold exhortation for Africa to come into the 21st century.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Preface to the U.S. Edition
- pp. ix-xviii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xix-xxii
- Introduction
- pp. xxiii-xxx
- Four: Count, Measure, and Count Again
- pp. 119-152
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253012784
Related ISBN(s)
9780253012722, 9780253012753
MARC Record
OCLC
879352405
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-07
Language
English
Open Access
No