Postmoderism, Postcoloniality, and African Studies

When Kwame Appiah asked the question whether "post" in "postcolonial" was the "post" in "postmodern," he challenged the theoretical tenets of both postmodernism and postcolonial studies and opened up a space for a dialogue, which unfortunately, only a handful of scholars have continued. This volume represents an attempt by Africanist scholars to intervene and change the course of current debates, which are being carried out with little or no thought to their applicability or relevance to African studies.