Coloniality of Knowledge in Africa

I am pleased to announce that my 2021 book, Coloniality of Knowledge in Africa: Essays in Honour of Professor Opata, has now been published as an e-book. My co-editors are Chukwu Romanus Nwoma and Onyeka Odoh.

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About the book

The coloniality of the structures of knowledge in Africa constitutes the focus of this peer-reviewed book. Its objective is to cover some thoughts on the coloniality of African literature and polemics about it, especially in the works of Professor Damian Ugwutikiri Opata.

Professor Opata has been one of the thinkers of coloniality in the study of African literature in Nigeria. His decolonial and critical oeuvre spans the study of African literature, postcolonial discourse, and decolonization of African knowledge production systems. His work as a scholar, thinker, and critic has brought the works of pioneer and contemporary African writers and critics to speak for constant interrogation and relevance.

This book is meant to honour and celebrate Opata’s iconic contribution in this area of scholarship by addressing and evaluating the state of the field he has contributed to and shaped to some reasonable extent, on the occasion of his retirement from the services of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Ordering details for the e-book will be added here shortly.