30. Was national liberation the scam?

30. Was national liberation the scam?

As a year end bonus, we decided to release this slightly controversial, somewhat theoretical debate we had about the pitfalls of 'independence' and the possibility that the very notion of a post-colonial nation-state -- i.e. national liberation -- was the foundational scam.

Is there anything to be said about the argument that independence was, in some cases, premature? Was there ever a chance that even a revolutionary (petty bourgeois) anti-colonial leadership would commit 'class suicide' and give way to a popular democracy? Or was the seizure of the nation-state from imperialists by anti-colonial radicals always a doomed mission?

Maybe we are asking the wrong questions here. Feedback welcomed.

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Scam Hall of Fame Ep 3: Agricultural marketing boards in colonial and 'independent' Nigeria

In our final recording of the year, we consider a little-remembered institution that laid the foundation for many state-led scams to come: the colonial and post-independence era agricultural produce m...

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29. Why we struck

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28. Precolonial Capitalism to the First Republic ft. @iyi_bobby

You might already know: we've been running a reading group on Nigerian Political Economy. This episode reviews some highlights from our first three sessions which covered the development of capitalism...

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