Precolonial Communities in Postcolonial Africa : The Resilience of Indigenous Groups in Contemporary Politics

functioned as self-interested political entities often times at the expense of the economic and political development of its Indigenous communities, who are forced into a pluralist state systems that set them in economic and political competition with each other. True improvement in the lives of everyday citizens proves to be possible only by empowering traditional knowledges and practices and with that, Indigenous communities' capabilities for economic and political self-governance.Written by a significant contingent of African scholars, this collection contributes in its very practice to the decolonial policies it argues for, and is a must-read for researchers, upper-level students, and practitioners and policymakers interested in African development, African history, and post and decolonial approaches to development. [Publisher's text]

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