Colonial Heritage and the Socio-Economic Development of Africa

Prof Denis Nfor Yuni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Namibia. Dr. Emeka C. Iloh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.Prof Carol Chi Ngang is an Associate Professor Lecturer in the Department of Public Law, National University of Lesotho; a Research Fellow at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, South Africa; and a Guest Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

• Introduction: Overview of the Implications of Colonisation on Socio-Economic Development in Africa.- Chapter 1: Colonialism, State Formation and Nation-Building in Africa.- Chapter 2. Colonial Border Delineation and Socio-Economic Impacts on Border Communities in Africa.- Chapter 3. Postcoloniality and the Right to Socio-Economic and Cultural Development in Africa.- Chapter 4. Inherited Colonial Governance and Democratization Models: Implications for Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria.- Chapter 5. Implications of French Colonial Heritage on The Socio-Economic Development of Algeria.- Chapter 6. African Solutions to African Problems? An analysis of Africa’s dependency on Western Powers for Peace and Security.- Chapter 7. French Colonial Heritage and Regional Integration: Revisiting the Communauté Financière Africaine (CFA) Franc Zones in West and Central Africa.- Chapter 8. Colonial Heritage, Monetary Policy and Economic Development in Africa: A Case Study of the CFA Monetary Unions and the Southern African CMA.- Chapter 9. Colonial Heritage, Debt Accumulation and Economic Development in Africa.- Chapter 10. Colonial Heritage, International Trade and Economic Development in Africa.- Chapter 11. Colonial Rule and Natural Resource Exploitation in Post-Colonial Africa.- Chapter 12. The Industrialisation and Decolonisation of the Western Development Paradigm in Africa.- Chapter 13. Neocolonialism in a sheep skin: Foreign aid and development in Africa: Whose interests?.- Chapter 14. Colonial Heritage and Socio-economic Development of Africa: A Case of Colonial Educational System, African Indigenous Knowledge, and Industrialization.- Chapter 15. Colonial Legacy, Knowledge Production and Quest for Foreign Education: Implications For Development Of Education In Africa.- Chapter 16. Post-Colonial Dependency of Africa and Vaccine Nationalism in The Covid-19 Era.- Chapter 17. Post-Colonial African States and Migration of Health Workers (Brain Drain) from Africa in the COVID-19 Era.- Conclusion: Colonial Heritage and Socio-Economic Development: Positioning Africa as an Influential Global Development Actor.