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Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Kalu

    1. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  2. Toyin Falola

    1. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

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  • Examines the history of exploitation in Africa across the colonial and postcolonial periods
  • Analyzes how colonial and postcolonial subjugation and misrule is represented in African literature
  • Offers case studies of dominance and subjugation that are representative of Africa’s past and present

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Exploitation, Colonialism, and Postcolonial Misrule in Africa

    • Kenneth Kalu, Toyin Falola
    Pages 1-23

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 295-303
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About this book

This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. Political independence has not produced inclusive institutions, economic growth, or social stability for most Africans—it has merely transferred the benefits of exploitation from colonial Europe to a tiny African elite. Contributors investigate representations of colonial and postcolonial exploitation in literature and rhetoric, covering works from African writers such as Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kwame Nkrumah, and Bessie Head. It then moves to case studies, drawing lines between colonial subjugation and present-day challenges through essays on Mobutu’s Zaire, Nigerian politics, the Italian colonial fascist system, and more. Together, these essays look towards how African states may transform their institutions and rupture lingering colonial legacies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kenneth Kalu

  • The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Toyin Falola

About the editors

Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor of Global Management at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.


Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. A celebrated scholar of global stature, Falola has published numerous books and essays in diverse areas.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

  • Editors: Kenneth Kalu, Toyin Falola

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96496-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96495-9Published: 20 October 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07202-5Published: 25 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96496-6Published: 08 October 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 303

  • Topics: African History, Imperialism and Colonialism, African Literature, African Politics, Development and Post-Colonialism

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