Taiwo, Olufemi,  1956- <br/><br/>
How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / 
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2010. 
 - xii, 352 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-327) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Colonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shores : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of British colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globalization : doing it right this time around. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253221308 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Colonies--History.--Africa<br/>Missionaries--History.--Africa<br/>Democracy--Africa.<br/>Capitalism--Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Civilization--Philosophy.<br/>Africa--Colonial influence.<br/>Africa--Colonization--History.<br/>Europe--Colonies--History.--Africa<br/>Africa--Politics and government.