Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency

Serges Djoyou Kamga is professor of human rights law and serves as the dean of the faculty of law at the University of the Free State.

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency: The Philosophy of Toyin Falola deepens our understanding of an Africanist’s response to the challenge of African agency in the twenty-first century. Africa’s development will remain still born if the continent refuses to take charge of its affairs through an ideological reawakening. The African renaissance is an agential imperative.

• ForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Studying Falola, and Its Enriching ExperienceChapter 2: Decolonial Agency, Hybridity, and ModernityChapter 3: African Politics and Nationalism in TransitionChapter 4: Coloniality and Its Ambiguities Chapter 5: Coloniality of Culture: How Colonialism Ongoing Influences Perception, Beliefs, and Values in Africa Chapter 6: Postcoloniality of Culture: Developing Awareness of How Colonialism Has Shaped Cultural ExpressionChapter 7: Memoirs of Power in the PostcolonialChapter 8: The Limit of Power and DemocracyChapter 9: Elusive Development: The Challenge of Alleviating Poverty and Achieving Prosperity and Progress in AfricaChapter 10: Gendered Politics and Agency: For a Fair and Equal Society, Women Need to Become Agents of Political ChangeChapter 11: Rethinking Knowledge: Toward Decolonizing Knowledge Production in AfricaConclusion: Imagined FutureBibliographyAbout the Author