Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Explained

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò should not be confused with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (pronounced as /yo/; born 1956)^[1] is a philosopher and professor of African political thought at the Africana Studies Research Center at Cornell University.^{[2] [3] [4]} He was born in Nigeria, where he lived most of his life except for five years in Canada.

Works

• Book: Taiwo . Olufemi . Legal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law . 2015 . Cornell University Press . 978-1-5017-0173-3 . en. 1996. ^[5]
• Book: Taiwo . Olufemi . How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa . 2010 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-22130-8 . en. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• Book: Táíwò . Olúfémi . Africa Must Be Modern: A Manifesto . 2014 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-01278-4 . en. ^{[10] [11]}
• Taiwo, Olufemi (2023). Against Decolonisation. Taking African Agency Seriously. London, Hurst, 2022.

External links

• TED Speaker – Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taiwo, Olufemi 1956- [WorldCat Identities]].
2. Web site: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Africana Studies and Research Center . africana.cornell.edu . 28 June 2022.
3. Emmanuel . Abímbọ́lá Olúwafẹ́mi . Defending the Decolonization Trope in Philosophy: A Reply to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò . The Southern Journal of Philosophy . 2022 . 60 . 2 . 304–319 . 10.1111/sjp.12439. 240507881 .
4. Web site: 2017 . Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò – Historian, philosopher – africana.cornell.edu . 2023-05-22 . TED – Ideas Worth Spreading.
5. Lipkin . Robert Justin . Review of Legal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law . Mind . 1998 . 107 . 428 . 900–904 . 2659799 .
6. Reid . Richard . How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa . The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History . 2011 . 39 . 3 . 536–538 . 10.1080/03086534.2011.598039. 161260102 .
7. . Manai . Adel . How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa . African Studies Quarterly . 11 . 4 . Summer 2010 . 162–163 .
8. Peel . J. D. Y. . OLUFEMI TAIWO, How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press (pb $27.95 – 978 0 25322 130 0). 2010, 384 pp. . Africa . 2011 . 81 . 3 . 517–518 . 10.1017/S0001972011000428. 197653219 .
9. Macola . Giacomo . Olúfémi Táíwó . How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa . Bloomington : Indiana University Press . 2010 . Pp. xii, 352. Cloth $75.00, paper $27.95. . The American Historical Review . 2011 . 116 . 2 . 550–551 . 10.1086/ahr.116.2.550.
10. . Ney . Stephen . Africa Must Be Modern: A Manifesto by Olúfémi Táiwò (review) . Research in African Literatures . 2014 . 45 . 4 . 154–155 . 10.2979/reseafrilite.45.4.154 .
11. Sillah . R. . Africa must be modern: A manifesto . African Affairs . 2015 . 114 . 455 . 323–325 . 10.1093/afraf/adv014.