ISA-200.021-2 Mr. Edmond Akwesi Agyeman (Ghana): What is Beyond the Colonial in the Post-colony? Continuities and discontinuities in post-colonial Africa

Veranstaltungsdetails

Lehrende: N.N.

Veranstaltungsart:

Seminar

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Credits:

3,0

Unterrichtssprache:

Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:

5 | 20

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Dozent: Mr. Edmond Agyeman Akwesi (Ghana)
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Kommentare/ Inhalte: The European encounter and subsequent colonisation of other continents from the 15th century has left enduring scars of unequal relations between Europe and the rest of the world. Even after many countries gained their independence from the second half of the 20th century owing to the socio-political upheavals occasioned in Europe by the Second World War, the former colonies have continued to face crisis of identity, racism, economic and political independence. The purpose of these seminars is therefore to introduce students to post-colonial theory with focus on the African experience. They aim to guide students to understand and critically analyse the efforts by African scholars to oppose worldwide asymmetrical power structures and racism which are the by-products of European colonialism. In other words, the seminars interrogate the material and physical consequences of colonialism and critically assess efforts to overturn such unequal power relations between Europe and Africa.

Seminar 2 will focus on the socioeconomic and political realities of postcolonial African societies. The achievements and challenges connected to the decolonisation effort shall be interrogated. Moments of continuity and discontinuities of the colonial project in postcolonial Africa shall be discussed.

Following from seminar 1, seminar 2 will focus on the socioeconomic and political realities of postcolonial African societies. Since African countries gained their independence from the second half of the 20th century, many of these countries have struggled to maintain their economic, cultural and political independence. The general perception is that Euro-American imperialism continues to dominate the socioeconomic, political and cultural life of African societies.
Seminar 2 will therefore examine the concept of neocolonialism which was propagated by Kwame Nkrumah and its ramifications. It will attempt to unmask how the ‘postcolonial’ is paradoxically interlocked with the ‘neocolonial’. The control of African economies by multinational corporations and the effort at achieving regional and continental integration in Africa as a remedial strategy to counterbalance European control of African economies shall also be examined. The seminar will further delve into the issue of university education in Africa and the increasing call to decolonise the African academy. The works of Kwame Nkrumah, Ali Mazrui, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Chinua Achebe, Sabelo Ndlovu Gatsheni, Achile Mbembe among others shall be examined.

Literatur: Ndlovu-Gatsheni Sabelo. 2013. Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa: Myths of Decolonization. Dakar: CODESRIA.
Nkrumah Kwame. 1969. Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism.
Ngugi wa Thiongo. 1986. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. London: James Currey.
Ali A. Mazrui. 1975. “The African University as a Multinational Corporation: Problems of Penetration and Dependency.” Harvard Educational Review, 42 (2), pp. 191-210.
Mbembe Achille. 2015. Decolonizing Knowledge and the Question of the Archive. Available at:https://worldpece.org/content/mbembe-achille-2015-%E2%80%9Cdecolonizing-knowledge-and-question-archive%E2%80%9D-africa-country

Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen: 1. Class attendance and participation.
2. Readings will be assigned to them which they will read and discuss in a moodle (blackboard discussion).
3. Each student will present a written assignment on a topic to be chosen based on the seminars.

Übersicht der Kurstermine

Termine

	Datum	Von	Bis	Raum	Lehrende
1	Datum Fr, 4. Nov. 2022	Bis 15:00	Bis 18:00	Raum Jungiusstr. 11, Raum C109	Lehrende N.N.
2	Datum Sa, 5. Nov. 2022	Bis 10:00	Bis 17:00	Raum Jungiusstr. 11, Raum C109	Lehrende N.N.
3	Datum So, 6. Nov. 2022	Bis 10:00	Bis 15:00	Raum Jungiusstr. 11, Raum C109	Lehrende N.N.

Veranstaltungseigene Prüfungen

	Beschreibung	Datum	Lehrende	Pflicht
1.	Aktive Teilnahme	ohne Termin		Ja