As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history on the continent …'s economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on Africa's colonial and precolonial legacies. The emerging corpus … Africa's post-independence maladies, we first review works that uncover the lasting legacies of colonial investments in …

growth and economic development in post-colonial Africa. The paper investigates the paradox of increased female enrollment in …

's economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … even in kinship structures in pre-colonial Africa, utilizing the concepts of "rights in persons" and "wealth in people …." Reviewing the processes of production and reproduction, it explains why most slaves in pre-colonial Africa were women and …

link between development and colonialism in Africa and further see if there exists any residual effects in neo-colonialism …It is no secret that Africa is wallowing in poverty. Africa, a continent of almost 1 billion people can hardly seem to … making them un-useful to the majority of the population.Whatever one may choose to define modern day development as, Africa …

's economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … even in kinship structures in pre-colonial Africa, utilizing the concepts of "rights in persons" and "wealth in people …." Reviewing the processes of production and reproduction, it explains why most slaves in pre-colonial Africa were women and …

-century India and Africa. Colonial institutions-the law, western style property rights, newspapers and statistical analysis … much of Asia and Africa, the most successful enhancement of people's capabilities has come through the action of hybrid …

Decolonization of the Ideology of Development in Africa /Matthew D. Ogali --Women, Resistance Movements and Colonialism in Africa … of Africa? A Post-Colonial Critique of Colonial Development Assumptions /Biko Agozino --Postcolonial Development and … Nailiyat Dance of Algeria: An Unorthodox Approach /Fouad Mami --Colonialism and the Destruction of Indigenous Knowledge Systems …

shock to indigenous societies induced by Africa's slave trade influences postcolonial politics by tragically improving … coups in postcolonial states. Falsification tests exploiting the timing of cassava's arrival in Africa and the regional …