A diverse collection of texts on 50 years of African independence, decolonization, and resistance. With texts by Achille Mbembe, Patrice Lumumba, Valentine Mudimbe and many more. For the context of development cooperation, the text by Eboussi Boulaga is recommended: “If we accept the term ‘development,’ we are lost – On the need for a mutual ‘decolonization’ of our thinking.”
The book can be ordered from AfricAvenir. The DVD that came with it is out of print.
AfricAvenir e.V. (ed.) 2011: Fifty Years of African Independence. A (self-)critical balance sheet. Berlin: AfricAvenir