TY - BOOK ID - 77880331 TI - How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa PY - 2010 SN - 1282539817 9786612539817 0253003970 9780253003973 0253353742 9780253353740 0253221307 9780253221308 9781282539815 661253981X PB - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Africa - Civilization - Philosophy. KW - Africa - Colonial influence. KW - Africa - Colonization - History. KW - Africa - Politics and government. KW - Democracy - Africa. KW - Colonies KW - Missionaries KW - Democracy KW - Capitalism KW - Religious adherents KW - Anti-colonialism KW - Colonial affairs KW - Colonialism KW - Neocolonialism KW - Imperialism KW - Non-self-governing territories KW - Colonization KW - History KW - Africa KW - Europe KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Civilization KW - Philosophy. KW - Colonial influence. KW - History. KW - Politics and government. KW - Capitalism. KW - Colonies. KW - Colonization. KW - Democracy. KW - Kolonialismus. KW - Missionaries. KW - Missionnaires KW - Moderne. KW - Recht. KW - colonialisme KW - Histoire KW - Modernité KW - Science KW - 21e s. (début) KW - Geschichte. KW - Africa. KW - Afrika. KW - Afrique KW - Influence coloniale. KW - Politique et gouvernement. KW - Histoire. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77880331 AB - Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Two looks closely at modern ER -