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Many older people dream for years about what they will do once they retire - catch up on their reading

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Colonial Subjects Dahlov Ipcar Many older people dream forWest African intellectuals have a long history of engaging with European intrusion by reflecting on their status as colonial and postcolonial subjects. Against the tendency to view this engagement as a confrontation between the modern west and traditional Africa, Philip S. Zachernuk argues that the interaction is far more fluid and diverse. Challenging the frequent denigration of western educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite,