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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.