Against the background of a long and continuing record of political instability in Africa, this edited collection presents a multi-disciplinary approach to sele

For most of its history, the African continent has witnessed momentous political change, remarkable philosophical innovation, and the complex cross-fertilizatio

African liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in terms of thought. Even Sartre, in his preface to Frantz Fanon’s seminal The Wretched of th

The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of po

This book focuses on African political thought, as it emerged in the context of and contributed to fundamental changes in world order during the twentieth centu