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Africa Must Be Modern: A Manifesto

by Olufemi Taiwo

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • 12.7 x 20.4 x 1.7 cm

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Africa must be modern. Let me say it again: Africa must be modern. And it must be modern NOW; not tomorrow; not in the near future; not in the far future.... Put simply, Africa must embrace individualism as a principle of social ordering; make reason central in its relation to, activity upon, understanding of, and production of knowledge about the world, both physical and social, that it inhabits; and adopt progress as its motto in all things. The position just stated is rarely encountered in discourse about, in and on the continent or its Diaspora. On the contrary, no thanks to the militancy and stridency of the nativists, those who wish to celebrate African genius at adapting the wisdom of others and, by so doing, domesticate modernity for the benefit of Africa, Africans, and their life and thought, are practically shouted to silence or, at best, limited to furtive expressions of their preference.From the introduction
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  • Author

    Olufemi Taiwo

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Indiana University Press

  • Published

    April 2014

  • Weight

    382g

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780253012722

  • ISBN-10

    0253012724

  • Eden Code

    4729756

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