Postcolonial Subjectivities In Africa

'Werbner's trilogy on identity, memory and subjectivity has now become the most sustained anthropological enquiry into the nature of postcolonialism in Africa. In their different ways, contributors to the current volume share an ambition to combine personal, political and existential dimensions in detailed evocations of the ambitions and vulnerabilities of contemporary Africans. Their essays show more forge alliances between patient local scholarship and adventurous theoretical speculation that will inspire new research and caution against bland generalizations about African marginality. The volume, indeed the entire trilogy, shows why Africa must be made to matter to global scholarship in terms of the variety of its post-colonial condition, and it takes a long stride towards showing just how to achieve this goal.' Richard Fardon, Professor of West African Anthropology in the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies

'An inspirational collection of themes and methods for future researchers in Africa' - Richard Fardon, Professor of West African Anthropology in the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies

'Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa is a lively collection of essays on a topic that could hardly be more timely or challenging. The volume features an impressive and diverse array of scholars, exploring questions of personhood, identity, and subjectivity in a range of concrete settings in contemporary Africa. It will be widely read and discussed, and will help scholars in several disciplines to understand questions of consciousness and identity in contemporary Africa in relation to their diverse and often difficult social and political-economic contexts.' - James Ferguson, University of California, Irvine, and author of Expectations of Modernity show less