This monograph provides a transdisciplinary exploration of postcolonial African development and sovereignty. Situated in the broader context of Africa’s post-independence condition, where colonialism’s formal end gave way to neocolonial realities, the book argues that understanding this condition requires not only historical investigation but philosophical reorientation. Chapters span a wide analytical terrain; from colonial-era legal and political structures to the ongoing economic and digital colonization of the continent. By threading together discussions on corruption, religion, youth movements, gender, Pan-Africanism, and trade, the book constructs a holistic and intersectional narrative of Africa’s unfinished liberation. The author builds on the works of Frantz Fanon, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Samir Amin, Walter Rodney, and Achille Mbembe, proposing that the path forward lies in epistemic sovereignty, cultural reclamation, economic delinking, and continental unity.

Merging African history, political theory, cultural studies, and global economics to provide a holistic critique and vision of Africa’s postcolonial condition and potential, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of African studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, development studies, sociology, and global studies, practitioners in African Union institutions, NGOs, and think tanks, as well as anyone generally interested in African liberation discourse.

Stephen Onyango Ouma is a Kenyan philosopher and author with a PhD in Philosophy, whose scholarly work centers on the philosophical interpretation of African cultural, socio-political, and economic realities. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief and Publications Manager at the Consolata International University (CIU), where he also lectures, in addition to teaching at Tangaza University, Maasai Mara University, and Marist International University College. His research engages deeply with indigenous knowledge systems, colonial legacies, justice, and the contemporary challenges shaping African societies. Ouma is the author of several influential works, including What Is Ailing Africa? — Practical Philosophy in Reinventing Africa (Africana Philosophy, 2) (Brill, 2024), Indigenous Systems, Colonialism, Colonial Legacies, and Africa’s Economic Challenges: Why Is Africa Failing? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), and The Right to a Human Minimum: H. Odera Oruka on Bridging the Gap Between the Rich and the Poor (Philosophy and Poverty Book 4) (Springer, 2025). Through his teaching, writing, and editorial leadership, he contributes significantly to contemporary African philosophical discourse and to the advancement of rigorous humanistic scholarship on the continent.