Originally published in 1981, this book examines the progress of a number of national efforts to move towards economic self-reliance. It consists of case studies from Egypt, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and Senegal. The studies are set in a framework that outlines the historical background to African economic dependence, and they discuss the theoretical and practical implications of that dependence. It makes an important contribution to the study of indigenization, bringing together a group of African specialists writing from the inside, and articulating the continent’s challenges with convincing authority.
Part 1: Introduction 1. General Background to Indigenization: The Economic Dependence of Africa Adebayo Adedeji 2. Historical and Theoretical Background Adebayo Adedeji and Claude Ake Part 2: Case Studies 3. Introduction Adebayo Adedeji 4. Egypt Mohammed N. Hanafi 5. Zambia Jonathan H. Chileshe 6. Ghana K. A. Owusu-Ansah 7. Nigeria Emeka Ezeife 8. Kenya Claude Ake 9. Tanzania S. S. Mushi 10. Ethiopia Befekadu Degefe 11. Southern Africa Frank Baffoe 12. Senegal Samir Amin and Hassatou Diallo Part 3: Practical Problems 13. Foreign Direct Investment and African Political Economy Reginald Herbold Green 14. Administrative and Managerial Applications S. I. Edokpayi Part 4: Conclusion 15. Prospects and Limitations of Indigenization Adebayo Adedeji.
Biography
Adebayo Adedeji was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. He founded the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), a non-governmental independent continental non-profit, think-tank dedicated to multi-disciplinary and strategic studies on and for Africa. Adedeji was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 1991.
‘The introduction gives an excellent general background to indigenization, placing Africa in the historical perspective of the wider world economy.’ Kofi Ankomah, Science and Society Vol 47, No. 1
‘This is a much-needed introductory survey of indigenization.’ Nicholas Balabkins, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Vol 2, No. 2.
