Introduction: Theorizing Development in Post-independence Africa

David Mhlanga; Emmanuel Ndhlovu

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30541-2_1

Introduction: Theorizing Development in Post-independence Africa

David Mhlanga
, Emmanuel Ndhlovu

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the book Post-Independence Development in Africa: Decolonisation and Transformation Prospects. It achieves this by offering theoretical comments about post-independence development in Africa and by providing historical details about the development approaches adopted in Africa immediately after independence in the 1960s and mid-1970s. As the chapter shows, the book sits at the intersection of two sets of scholarly literature, namely, literature on development and literature on development discourses and practices in Africa. This book contributes to clarifying how the two strands of literature intersect using several case studies across Africa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30541-2_1
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
Volume	Part F1047
ISSN (Print)	2198-7262
ISSN (Electronic)	2198-7270

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty

Keywords

Africa
Colonialism
Post-independence development
Poverty
Welfare

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Development
Sociology and Political Science
General Economics,Econometrics and Finance

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