Introduction: Crossing the Lines? Local actors’ responses to developmental challenges in Africa

Enduring colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary politics and policies in Africa. As former and new actors seek to expand economic and political influence in the continent, new forms of domination arise to accommodate neo- and post-colonial agendas. Development, an all-encompassing word th...

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Autori principali: Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues, Neto, Pedro Figueiredo, Noyoo, Ndangwa
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 2022
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:Enduring colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary politics and policies in Africa. As former and new actors seek to expand economic and political influence in the continent, new forms of domination arise to accommodate neo- and post-colonial agendas. Development, an all-encompassing word that foresees linear pathways towards socially and politically engineered goals, has been used as normative justification for such endeavours (see Escobar, 2011; Ferguson, 1994). The underlying messa...