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Undermining the African agency
MARJORIE MAYO praises a book that raises significant questions challenging the limitations of extreme forms of decolonisation
ID AFFIRMATION: WikiAfrica Education initiative teaches South African students to decolonise the internet with Wikipedia
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
Against Decolonisation: Taking African Agency Seriously
by Olufemi Taiwo
Hurst £14.99
DECOLONISATION has become highly topical as an issue, along with the challenges that Black Lives Matter poses to racism more generally.
In so many different contexts students have been demanding the decolonisation of their programmes of study, challenging the continuing legacy of colonial assumptions, especially colonial assumptions about the superiority of Western cultures, devaluing the histories of non-Western cultures in the process. There are so many issues here for the left to consider.
Against decolonisation: Taking African agency seriously offers a controversial contribution to these debates.
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