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Politically correct decolonization ideology?

Ketil Fred Hansen
Review written by Ketil Fred Hansen
Against Decolonisation. Taking African Agency Seriously
Forfatter: Olùfèmi Táíwò
Forlag: Hurst (Storbritannia)
MODERNIZATION / The Nigerian professor Olùfèmi Táíwò looks at power relations between the formerly colonized and colonialists. All states strive to adapt modern institutions to their own history, cultural context and ideological climate. But can the demand to decolonize the language become absurd?




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Ketil Fred Hansen
Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen is a professor of social sciences at UiS and a regular reviewer at Ny Tid.

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