Decolonization, Development And Knowledge In Africa Av Sabelo J. (university Of Bayreuth Germany) Ndlovu-gatsheni

<P>This provocative book is anchored on the insurgent and resurgent spirit of decolonization of the twenty-first century. The author calls upon Africa to turn over a new leaf in the domains of politics, economy, and knowledge as it frees itself from imperial global designs and global coloniality.</P><P>With a focus on Africa and its Diaspora, the author calls for a radical turning over of a new leaf, predicated on decolonial turn and epistemic freedom. The key themes subjected to decolonial analysis include: (1) decolonization/decoloniality ¿ articulating the meaning and contribution of the decolonial turn; (2) subjectivity/identity ¿ examining the problem of Blackness (identity) as external and internal invention; (3) the Bandung spirit of decolonization as an embodiment of resistance and possibilities, development and self-improvement; (4) development and self-improvement ¿ of African political economy, as entangled in the colonial matrix of power, and the African Renaissance, a

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