This book analyses the impact of the Western idea of 'modernity' on development and underdevelopment in Africa. It traces the genealogy of the Western idea of m
This anthology examines the "unfinished project of modernity" with respect to the unrealized potential for economic, social, and political development in Africa
Tracing the history of Africa's encounter with Europe to the period of early modernity is the key to understanding the contemporary development impasse in Afric
In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of under
By tracing out the intersection between the imagined space of the national economy and the gendered construction of "expert" knowledge in development thought, S