Disguise of imperialism as globalization

Disguise of imperialism as globalization

Ali Mazrui one of Africa's foremost intellectuals through his works across various disciplines have sparked some controversial as well as exhilarating debates in the academia, during the course of his purposeful life. One of such works is the taming of Western-Oriented imperialism disguised as globalization and he puts forwards five strategies to address the issue. They are;
. Indeginisation which to him means protection and preservation of indigenous culture, re tooling indigenous skills for use in modern context and making sure that indigenous human and natural resources are employed to optimized the interest of the local population.

. Domestification, the use of foreign institutions and technologies to suit the need of the local society, thus adoption of modernization without Westernization.

. Diversification here he argues that the globe possesses and array of production and cultural knowledge and non-western societies should consider all these centers and learn from them instead of privileging the West.

. Horizontal Interpretation amongst non western societies via partnership with countries at approximately the same level. To avoid exploitation of weaker states by stronger ones, this shouldn't in any way discourage partnership with more powerful states, but it points out the high tendencies of exploitation in such partnerships.

. Counter Penetration, lastly clamped for the reversal of leverage and influence from western societies. Owning to the fact the western societies have penetrated no western ones through colonialism and neo-colonialism, he argues for reversal of the favor and only then globalization can be truly attained.

By
Yahaya Yakubu