Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your ad…
In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Ol?fm̌i Tẁ̕ ̣explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of modernity a…
In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olúfémi Táíwò explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of moderni…
"The Struggle for Meaning is a landmark publication by one of African philosophy's leading figures, Paulin J. Hountondji, best known for his critique of ethnophilosophy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In this volume, he responds with autobiographical and philosophical reflect…