The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa : the coloniality of data

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa the coloniality of data

"This book argues that the fourth industrial revolution, the process of accelerated automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices via digital technology, will serve to further marginalise Africa within the international community. In this book, the author argues that the loot...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benyera, Everisto, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Taylor & Francis 2021
2021.
Series:Routledge Contemporary Africa
Subjects:
International business enterprises > Africa.
Data mining > Africa.
Africa > Foreign economic relations > Europe.
Colonialism and imperialism
Politics and government
International relations
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421116406719
Table of Contents:
  • Data coloniality: A decolonial perspective of Africa and the 4IR
  • Historicising Africa's subjugation
  • Contextualising the colonial project in Africa
  • Data mining, harvesting and datafication
  • Networks, big data and data coloniality: Whither Africa's sovereignty?
  • The 4IR as the mother of all destructions and accumulations
  • Mapping Africa's destiny in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Africa's eunuch condition and the omnipresent footprints of the four industrial revolutions.

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