Exploitation and misrule in colonial and postcolonial Africa

Kenneth Kalu, Toyin Falola (eds)

Palgrave Macmillan - Basingstoke

2019

This book offers new perspectives on the history of exploitation in Africa by examining postcolonial misrule as a product of colonial exploitation. Political independence has not produced inclusive institutions, economic growth, or social stability for most Africans—it has merely transferred the benefits of exploitation from colonial Europe to a tiny African elite.