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04274aam a2200445 i 4500 001 F2EA6158477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 210301t20212021enkb b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021009263 020 $a 1316610039 020 $a 9781316610039 020 $a 1107156696 020 $a 9781107156692 035 $a (OCoLC)1240576403 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a fb----- 050 00 $a KQC90 $b .A74 2021 084 $a LAW016000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Arewa, Olufunmilayo B., $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Disrupting Africa : $b technology, law, and development / $c Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Temple University, Philadelphia. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xvii, 332 pages : $b maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : colonialism and Africa's future paths -- Colonialism, governance and law -- Relationships and accountability -- Legal imperialism and institutions -- Language, authority and law -- Technology disruption and digital colonialism -- Nigerian princes, start-up companies and potential future paths -- Technology, precarity and protest -- Elites, ornamentation and future visions -- Colonial portfolios, monopolies and competition -- Conclusion : ghosts, dreams and future paths. 520 $a "Chapter 1 Introduction Colonialism and Africa's Future Paths The European ways were considered modern, the African old-fashioned. Lagos culture was such an unfortunate conglomeration of both that you ended up not knowing to which you belonged. Buchi Emecheta, The Bride Price (1976) This book examines past, present, and likely future paths for Nigeria and other countries in Africa through a lens of disruption. The Oxford English Dictionary defines disrupt as meaning "to break apart, burst, shatter, separate forcibly, interrupt the normal continuity of (an activity etc.) or to throw into disorder." This book combines this commonplace understanding of disruption with conceptions of disruption that have become prominent in digital economy discussions, significantly influenced by the work of Clayton Christensen. In his seminal 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma and later work, Christensen characterized disruptive innovation as a process "by which a product or service initially takes root in simple applications at the bottom of a market - typically by being less expensive and more accessible - and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors." Disruptive innovation has become an influential concept in technology, finance, and other arenas, with much discussion about what constitutes a disruptive innovation. Disruption is celebrated in Silicon Valley, a global epicenter of technology disruption. This book is not an intervention into the extensive discourse about digital economy disruption. Rather, this book discusses how varied forms of disruption have had an impact in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the past, the impact of such past disruptions today, and the implications and potential future paths given disruptive digital economy technologies and innovations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Technological innovations $x Law and legislation $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 0 $a Law and economic development $x Law and legislation $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 0 $a Law $x Social aspects $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 0 $a Disruptive technologies $x Social aspects $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 7 $a Law $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00993813 650 7 $a Postcolonialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01073032 650 7 $a Technological innovations $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145033 651 7 $a Sub-Saharan Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239520 776 08 $i Online version: $a B. Arewa, Olufunmilayo. $t Disrupting Africa $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 $z 9781316661482 $w (DLC) 2021009264 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526013800.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2EA6158477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search