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Drumbeats of a Rising Sun: Decolonising Africa's political Imagination

Author :  Mugo Theuri

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Country
Kenya
Publisher
Vita Books, Kenya
ISBN 9789914954135
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2025
Bib. Info xxx, 276p. Includes Bibliography
Categories Sociology/Culture Studies
Product Weight 500 gms.
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Drumbeats of a Rising Sun is a bold and thought-provoking exploration of how Africa can transcend its colonial legacies by reimagining identity, governance, and development through its own cultural foundations. The book argues that many of the continent's post-colonial struggles, political instability, identity crises, and economic exclusion, stem from inherited institutions designed to dominate and divide. Rather than reforming these colonial structures, the author calls for a return to indigenous knowledge systems, values, and institutions as the foundation for authentic and sustainable transformation. Blending history, philosophy, oral traditions, and personal experience, the author engages with the work of African thinkers such as Amilcar Cabral, Marimba Ani, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o to present a culturally rooted vision for Africa's future. Far from romanticizing the past, this book is a forward-looking manifesto that places land, language, kinship, memory, and spirituality at the heart of African self-governance.

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