Can a Liberal be a Chief? Can a Chief be a Liber

Some Thoughts on an Unfinished Business of Colonialism

Can a Liberal be a Chief? Can a Chief be a Liber
Olufemi Taiwo
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1 Sep 2021 US
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9781734643527
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An argument against the idea of the indigenous chief as a liberal political figure. Across Africa, it is not unusual for proponents of liberal democracy and modernization to make room for some aspects of indigenous culture, such as the use of a chief as a political figure. Yet for Olu? f? ? mi Ta? i? wo? , no such accommodation should be made. Chiefs, he argues, in this thought-provoking and wide-ranging pamphlet, cannot be liberals-and liberals cannot be chiefs. If we fail to recognize this, we fail to acknowledge the metaphysical underpinnings of modern understandings of freedom and equality, as well as the ways in which African intellectuals can offer a distinctive take on the unfinished business of colonialism.
Olufemi Taiwo is professor of Africana studies at Cornell University.
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ISBN-13: 9781734643527
Published: 1 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Prickly Paradigm Press
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 7mm
Width: 4mm
Pages: 86

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