{"product_id":"state-and-culture-in-postcolonial-africa-9780253029980","title":"State and Culture in Postcolonial Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the African postcolonial state and Olaniyan and contributors, epistemological, theoretical, and pragmatic questions surrounding authority, ownership, and institutional forward progression should commence in the realm of culture. Curious readers inquiring the same should seek out this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Culture and the Study of Politics in Post-Colonial Africa\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Chabal\u003cbr\u003e2. Joined at the Hip: African Literature and Africa's Body-Politic\u003cbr\u003eNiyi Osundare\u003cbr\u003e3. Philosophy and the State in Postcolonial Africa\u003cbr\u003eOlúfémi Táíwò\u003cbr\u003e4. Soccer and the State: The Politics and Morality of Daily Life \u003cbr\u003eMichael G. Schatzberg\u003cbr\u003e5. The Enchanted History of Nigerian State Television\u003cbr\u003eMatthew H. Brown\u003cbr\u003e6. \"Performing like there's no tomorrow\": Theatre, War and Social Vulnerability in Mozambique\u003cbr\u003eLuís Madureira\u003cbr\u003e7. Fissures of Trespass: Women as Agents of Transgression Amidst National Disenchantment\u003cbr\u003eNévine El Nossery\u003cbr\u003e8. The Sudanese Nation and Its Fragments: Tayeb Salih's Literary Archaeology\u003cbr\u003eSofia Samatar\u003cbr\u003e9. The African Postcolonial Predicament: A Logic of Revenge, Prison Poetry, and Becoming Human\u003cbr\u003eKen Walibora Waliaula\u003cbr\u003e10. \"Jesus Christ Executive Producer\": Pentecostal Parapolitics in Nollywood Films\u003cbr\u003eAkin Adesokan\u003cbr\u003e11. Hi-fi Sociality, Lo-fi Sound: Affect and Precarity in an Independent South African Recording Studio\u003cbr\u003eLouise Meintjes\u003cbr\u003e12. Talibé Trafficking: The Transformation of Koranic Teaching in Senegal\u003cbr\u003eLark Porter\u003cbr\u003e13. Tradition of Resistance in Nigeria's Print Media: The Example of \u003ci\u003eTheNEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKunle Ajibade\u003cbr\u003e14. Improvisational Characteristics of an Urban Fragment: Oxford St., Accra\u003cbr\u003eAto Quayson\u003cbr\u003e15. Gaining Ground: Squatters and the Right to the City\u003cbr\u003eAnne-Maria Makhulu\u003cbr\u003e16. African Urban Garrison Architecture: Property, Armed Robbery, Para-Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eTejumola Olaniyan\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400573002071,"sku":"9780253029980","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253029980.jpg?v=1730471013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/state-and-culture-in-postcolonial-africa-9780253029980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}