Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice, written by Falola, Toyin

Toyin Falola and Ann Genova

This publication by Falola and Genova seeks to serve as an introduction to the global oil industry by highlighting the important aspects of the industry, and the countries, companies and people who influence oil developments. Three arguments run throughout the book, namely that oil is a complex international issue, the intricate connection between oil and politics, and that oil has brought a mi...

Toward Decolonizing African Philosophy and Religion

Cytochemical studies with African Horse-Sickness Virus by Fluorescent Microscopy

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND HISTORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT – African Civilizations: From The Pre-Colonial to the Modern Day - Toyin Falola and Tyler Fleming ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS: FROM THE PRE-COLONIAL TO THE MODERN DAY

This chapter argues that African civilizations underwent many changes since the continent's first set of people began the process of state formation. Though African civilization was and remains extremely diverse and varied, this chapter uses the common experiences of Africans in general to provide an analysis of civilization throughout the African continent. The chapter stresses the resiliency ...

Voice in Short Argumentative Texts Written by Undergraduate Learners of English

The present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of English as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. Their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...