REMODELLED AFRICANS
Whenthe“African”looksathimselfinthewailingmirror,whatheactuallyseesis somebodyelse.TheAfricandoesnotperceivewhoheis–hejustdiscernswhathe hasbecome.ThisisbecausetheAfricanhasbeen[intimately]denatured.Dolefully subduedandemasculatedastheAfricanis,hecannothonestlyhelpdisavowingthe verywailingimagethatreturnshishollowgaze.Inasatiricalgaze,whichisalmost scornful,theAfrican’soddimagewagesaratherspectacularwarofnerveswiththe African’sconsciencethrougha[satiric]displayofdisgust;adispiritedandscornful showthatmockstheAfricaninthisdistressedstate.Disorientatedandstupefiedas heisinfrontofhisowndoleful[andhelpless]image,thisAfricancanmerelyheap scornonthewailinggarbagepiles,whichlitterthegrievousboulevardsofhisvery ownFatherland.Whilebathinginthescarsofindignityscatteredbyhisveryown oppressor;andwhilehesadlybasksinthereflectedgloryofthis[overly]relentless persecutor’s[triumphant]exploits,theAfricanisstunnedbyhisstateofabjection. ThisAfrican…“remodelled”andsubdued,remainsunwillingtobemisunderstood. TheremodelledAfrican–thatis,that[sacrificial]victimofhegemonicintrusionis conventionallyincorrigible.ThisfairlydisorientatedAfricanbasksinhisdishonour whilegraspingathisscarsofindignityinascornful,degrading,andimpoliticway.
METUGEEKANE
REMODELLED AFRICANS
RAZINGTODUSTOFTHEAFRICANCOGNITIVEPATRIMONY
ForAfricaand herwailing wanderers in thebitinggloom of abjection
[Observablepatternsarevirtuallyidentical]....................................150
ChapterTwo:Generationaltrauma,theAfrican’sdarkmisfortuneinblackAfrica [DefraudingAfricansoftheirself-worth]. 157
ChapterThree:ThegoodSamaritan,theself-servingpersecutor [Imputingbrutalitytothevictimsofoppression].........................166
ChapterFour:Beingunwillingtobemisunderstoodormisinterpreted [OptingtoremaintheAfricancognitiveprisoner].........................172
ChapterFive:Dicingwithdeath,the“remodelledAfricanplague” [Imposingmajorincongruityandinternalcontradictions]..............177
ChapterSix:InsulatedbytheWhiteman’sgarden,ThierryMpia [SelectingtodieinEnglandthantoreturntoCongo]......................182
ChapterSeven:CognitivelesionsintheremouldedAfricanuniverse [RelentlessintrusionstirsupArtificialAfricandiffidence].........188
ChapterEight:Intellectualresignationintheseductiveuniverse [Bathinginthereflectedgloryofthecolonialenterprise]. 193
ChapterNine:Africanluminariesorintellectualscavengers [GraftingEuropeanidealsontotheinertAfricanstructure]..........197
ChapterTen:Colonialenterpriseanditssourceofintrusivepride [HabituatingtheAfricanmassestobrutality]..................................201
ChapterEleven:InsensatebrutalityrippingthesoulofAfricaapart [Africa,acovetedlocusofintrusion]........................................205
ChapterTwelve:Intrusion,remouldingoforganicAfricanculture [DispossessingAfricansoftheirhumanity].............................210
ChapterThirteen:Theremedialvalueofobservationalcuriosity [Emphasizingtherelevanceofcuriosity]..............................218
SectionTwo [The Authoritarianarticle of faith]
ChapterFourteen:Immortaledifice,alienepistemologyversusnativeontology [ThrustingintellectualsupplantinguponAfricans]................226
ChapterFifteen:Unfalteringcycleofintimatelypurposiveintrusion [SurveyingeffectivenessofEuropeancolonization/neglecting ineffectivenessinpoliticallyembattledAfricannations]. 231
ChapterSixteen:RemodelledAfricanvictimsinaremouldeduniverse [Imposingintrusivedepersonalizationviaindoctrination].......236
ChapterSeventeen:PsychosocialfragmentationofAfricanfolk [FragmentingAfricathroughfalsificationanddistortion]....241
ChapterEighteen:EuropeanintrusionshieldsAfricansfromself-discovery [Europeangarden,asignificantinsulationforAfricans]........248
ChapterNineteen:Africadevoidofhistorichistoricity [Africansareinconsequentialinhistory]................................252
ChapterTwenty:Intrusivepersecution,minimizationofbuilt-ininstitutions [TheBerlinConferencemarkedanewdawn]...........................257
ChapterTwentyOne:Soul-stripping,reappraisingtheBerlinConference [StrippingAfricansoftheirsouls] 263
ChapterTwentyTwo:SilencingoftheAfricanstateofdisorientation [CompellingAfricanstoforgettheirdisorientation].........271
ChapterTwentyThree:Negation,“IamnotAfrican,Idon’tseemyselfasAfrican” [Copingwithpsychosocialdistortions]...........................276
ChapterTwentyFour:Delirium,entrapmentininterlopers’cognitiveprison [DiscoveryoftheAfricanbytheEuropean]......................281
ChapterTwentyFive:AnchoringAfricanstoasharedpatrimony [Ungovernablecrisisofidentity–artificialidentitiesthatreify hegemonicfantasiesinremouldedAfrica]........................286
ChapterTwentySix:Self-abasement,thebaneofourtranscendence [InhibitingtheAfricanintellectualascendancy]....................293
ChapterTwentySeven:Selectingtargets,nocharityfromtheinterloper [FoistingcalculatedcharityuponAfricans] 298
ChapterTwentyEight:Depersonalization, “WeareallchildrenofthesameGod”
ChapterTwentyNine:Powerless,distressedprisonersoftheirownrestfulness [PersecutingthedisorientatedAfricans]
ChapterThirty:Vulnerability,thetraditionalinnocenceofnativeculture [ExploringtheAfricanchildlikehospitality]................................313
ChapterThirtyOne:Seductionsoflifeinasereneorganicuniverse [Dealingwithhospitalitytotheoutsiders]............................319
ChapterThirtyTwo:Intellectualsuppression,houndedbytheguildofintruders [ExploitingtheAfricanartlessinnocence]...........................327
Acknowledgment
ToAuntieJulieM.N.,
Yourcomfortinggracewasadecisivemotivatorwhileyourencouragementremained unfaltering.Youarewithourforebearsnow,butyourspectralpresenceisdeeplyfelt.
Nèmekanè
ToStockholmUniversityandSödertörnUniversityCollege,
Thanksforpreparingmeforthisprofoundtask,andforadequatelyarmingmewitha verycuriousspiritofexploration,whichwasparticularlyhelpfulinthisbookproject.
Tomyfather,EkaneJ.A.,
ThanksforputtingAkɔsè[thelanguageofourBakossiforebears]intowriting.The efforttodocumentandpreserveourorganicAfricanlanguagewasquiteanobleone
Tomymother,EbudeM.M.E.,
Thanksforyourstrengthofpurposeandcharacter,yourhumility,andyourguidance. Inalltruthfulness,mygreatFunctionalMother,thereisreallynomotherlikeyou.
Tomylittleboy,MenyingeEkane,whoissuchabigboynow,
Thanksforhelpinginselectingthesubtitle,whichprovidesanappropriatecontextfor thetitleofthebook.Yourfascinatinginsightisalwaysquiteremarkable.Thanksalso fortherhapsodicsong“Marlène”byFallyIpupa,whichisquiteusefulinthisstudy.
Tomywholefamily,
Letusreflectivelycontinuetoputourcuriousandsearchingmindstogetherwhilewe humblyseekfavourfromourorganicancestorsandourAlmightyCreator