Global imperial designs, which have been in place since conquest by western powers, did not suddenly evaporate after decolonization. Global coloniality as a leitmotif of the empire became the order of the day, with its invisible technologies of subjugation continuing to reproduce Africa's subaltern position, a position characterized by perceived deficits ranging from a lack of civilization, a lack of writing and a lack of history to a lack of development, a lack of human rights and a lack of democracy. The author's sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has kept Africa ensnared within colonial matrices of power, serving to justify external interventions in African affairs, including the interference with liberation struggles and disregard for African positions. Evaluating the quality of African responses and available options, the author opens up a new horizon that includes cognitive justice and new humanism.

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is the director of the Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI) and is also a professor in the Department of Development Studies at the University of South Africa.

Preface

PART I:  GLOBAL IMPERIAL DESIGNS AND EMPIRE

Chapter 1. Introduction: Empire and Global Coloniality-Towards a Decolonial Turn
Chapter 2. Global Imperial Designs and Pan-Africanism
Chapter 3. Coloniality of Power and African Development

PART II: SUBJECT, SUBJECTION AND SUBJECTIVITY

Chapter 4.  The Ticklish Subject in Africa
Chapter 5. Subjection and Subjectivity in South Africa
Chapter 6. Nationality of Power in Zimbabwe

PART III: COLONIALITY, KNOWLEDGE AND NATIONALISM

Chapter 7. Coloniality of Knowledge and Higher Education
Chapter 8. African National Project and National Question

PART IV: CONCLUSION

Chapter 9. Global Crisis and Africa Today

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