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Osha, Sanya.

African postcolonial modernity : informal subjectivities and the democratic consensus / Sanya Osha. - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2014 - ix, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.

The polis : from Greece to an African Athens -- The order/other of political culture -- Urbanscapes -- Youth, violence and the production of knowledge -- (Mis)understanding Mbekism -- Global activism and discourses of dispossession in South Africa -- African sexualities I -- African sexualities II -- Conclusion : yearnings of modernity.

ISBN: 9781137446923 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2014008964

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political culture--Africa.
Globalization--Political aspects--Africa.
Globalization--Social aspects--Africa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Politics and government--Philosophy.--1960-

LC Class. No.: DT30.5 / .O784 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 320.96