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'This book traverses numerous aspects of contemporary African modernity, institution-building processes and existence. The travails of current Nigerian democracy are addressed just at its knowledge-generating tertiary institutions are critiqued. In addition, the author explores the singular nature and rogue dynamics of African cities how they are continually shaped and propelled by local imperatives and global configurations. This makes them resilient and somewhat strangely survivalist in character even when besieged by extremely dire circumstances. This is a major contribution by a prominent voice grounded on the continent' - Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
About the author
Sanya Osha holds a PhD in Philosophy and has published extensively on anthropology, cultural studies, knowledge systems of Africa, the politics of the West African region, and the sociopolitical and cultural realities of Southern Africa. He joined the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Tshwane University of Technology as a research fellow in 2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Postcolonial Modernity
Book Subtitle: Informal Subjectivities and the Democratic Consensus
Authors: Sanya Osha
Series Title: African Histories and Modernities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446930
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Sanya Osha 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44692-3Published: 04 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49617-4Published: 04 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44693-0Published: 04 September 2014
Series ISSN: 2634-5773
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 262
Topics: African Culture, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, general, Imperialism and Colonialism, Social History, Cultural Anthropology