Gabriel O Apata
Biographic Data
| ID | 281392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriel O Apata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriel |
| FAMILY NAME | O Apata |
| SIGNATURE | APATA G O |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5195-6174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Imperialism’s Modern Defenders and the Tyrannies of Discourse
This article critically examines the ongoing debate about whether the British Empire was a force for good, exemplified by the recent exchange between Robert Tombs and Alan Lester, as well as Nigel Biggar’s defence in Imperial Reckoning . It highlights how defenders of imperialism use historical narratives to justify colonial atrocities and resist critique. It argues that imperialism’s legacy persists through three main forms. (1) Structural power…
The Brutalization of the World
Achille Mbembe's latest book addresses some of the existential concerns of the modern age and the power structures that have shaped them. Modernity's allure has created a false belief in the idea of progress while concealing a destructive streak in human activities. He warns that there is trouble ahead unless humans chart a different course. But is this the lamentation of a Jeremiad or a timely intervention in the current state of the world
Nigerian Exceptionalism
The United States boasts the largest Nigerian diaspora, a group reputed to be among the most educated and highest achieving diasporans in that country. In explaining the Nigerian successes in the US , this article identifies Nigerian exceptionalism as a key factor, here framed around the concept of national narcissistic grandiosity. Although Nigeria is not a nation-state but a state of many nations, Nigerians in the US are constructing the neares…
Adorno on Philosophy and Sociology
Philosophy and sociology appear to belong to separate spheres of thought, which might explain why they exist as separate academic disciplines. But in what way, if any, are philosophy and sociology different from, or related to, each other? In these series of lectures delivered at Frankfurt University in 1960, Adorno examines the relationship between philosophy and sociology and concludes that the subjects do not belong to separate spheres of thou…
How Pentecostalism Emerged as a form of Resistance to Racial Oppression in the US
The history of resistance to black racial oppression in the US dates back at least to slavery. From abolition to the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther party, and the BlackLivesMatter Movement, each of these oppositions to racial injustice has been much discussed in the literature, but less often discussed is the role that Pentecostalism played in shaping black struggle for racial justice. This paper attempts to bridge this gap by showing h…
I Can't Breathe
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked an unprecedented global wave of protests that appeared to mark a turning point in the battle against racial injustice. But protests against racism are not new; each comes and soon passes into the archives of history, leaving few lasting changes in its wake. What was different about the death of Floyd was that the graphic manner of its unfolding was captured on film: the slow act of wilful suffocation …
Corruption and the postocolonial state
There is corruption in Africa, no doubt; but then again, there is corruption everywhere. However, when it comes to Africa the corruption discourse appears to take a different tone with assertions like these. Corruption is a big problem. It permeates every section of society. It is a way of life. Everyone is corrupt. Then certain descriptive metaphors follow, most of them pathological: cancer, virus, cankerworm, parasite, epidemic, and so on. But …
A Requiem for Mr Wilson
Achille Mbembe’s book Critique of Black Reason has attracted scholarly interest and commentaries. In a conversation that took place between David Theo Goldberg and Mbembe, both men discuss some of the themes that are raised in the book. This paper examines that conversation and focuses on the idea of the archive and how the dehumanisation, damage, destruction and death that racism has visited on many black people can be resurrected, dusted down a…
I Can't Breathe
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked an unprecedented global wave of protests that appeared to mark a turning point in the battle against racial injustice. But protests against racism are not new; each comes and soon passes into the archives of history, leaving few lasting changes in its wake. What was different about the death of Floyd was that the graphic manner of its unfolding was captured on film: the slow act of wilful suffocation …
Corruption and the postocolonial state
There is corruption in Africa, no doubt; but then again, there is corruption everywhere. However, when it comes to Africa the corruption discourse appears to take a different tone with assertions like these. Corruption is a big problem. It permeates every section of society. It is a way of life. Everyone is corrupt. Then certain descriptive metaphors follow, most of them pathological: cancer, virus, cankerworm, parasite, epidemic, and so on. But …
The Brutalization of the World
Achille Mbembe's latest book addresses some of the existential concerns of the modern age and the power structures that have shaped them. Modernity's allure has created a false belief in the idea of progress while concealing a destructive streak in human activities. He warns that there is trouble ahead unless humans chart a different course. But is this the lamentation of a Jeremiad or a timely intervention in the current state of the world
A Requiem for Mr Wilson
Achille Mbembe’s book Critique of Black Reason has attracted scholarly interest and commentaries. In a conversation that took place between David Theo Goldberg and Mbembe, both men discuss some of the themes that are raised in the book. This paper examines that conversation and focuses on the idea of the archive and how the dehumanisation, damage, destruction and death that racism has visited on many black people can be resurrected, dusted down a…
Corruption and the postocolonial state
There is corruption in Africa, no doubt; but then again, there is corruption everywhere. However, when it comes to Africa the corruption discourse appears to take a different tone with assertions like these. Corruption is a big problem. It permeates every section of society. It is a way of life. Everyone is corrupt. Then certain descriptive metaphors follow, most of them pathological: cancer, virus, cankerworm, parasite, epidemic, and so on. But …
I Can't Breathe
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked an unprecedented global wave of protests that appeared to mark a turning point in the battle against racial injustice. But protests against racism are not new; each comes and soon passes into the archives of history, leaving few lasting changes in its wake. What was different about the death of Floyd was that the graphic manner of its unfolding was captured on film: the slow act of wilful suffocation …
How Pentecostalism Emerged as a form of Resistance to Racial Oppression in the US
The history of resistance to black racial oppression in the US dates back at least to slavery. From abolition to the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther party, and the BlackLivesMatter Movement, each of these oppositions to racial injustice has been much discussed in the literature, but less often discussed is the role that Pentecostalism played in shaping black struggle for racial justice. This paper attempts to bridge this gap by showing h…
Adorno on Philosophy and Sociology
Philosophy and sociology appear to belong to separate spheres of thought, which might explain why they exist as separate academic disciplines. But in what way, if any, are philosophy and sociology different from, or related to, each other? In these series of lectures delivered at Frankfurt University in 1960, Adorno examines the relationship between philosophy and sociology and concludes that the subjects do not belong to separate spheres of thou…
Nigerian Exceptionalism
The United States boasts the largest Nigerian diaspora, a group reputed to be among the most educated and highest achieving diasporans in that country. In explaining the Nigerian successes in the US , this article identifies Nigerian exceptionalism as a key factor, here framed around the concept of national narcissistic grandiosity. Although Nigeria is not a nation-state but a state of many nations, Nigerians in the US are constructing the neares…
The Brutalization of the World
Achille Mbembe's latest book addresses some of the existential concerns of the modern age and the power structures that have shaped them. Modernity's allure has created a false belief in the idea of progress while concealing a destructive streak in human activities. He warns that there is trouble ahead unless humans chart a different course. But is this the lamentation of a Jeremiad or a timely intervention in the current state of the world
Imperialism’s Modern Defenders and the Tyrannies of Discourse
This article critically examines the ongoing debate about whether the British Empire was a force for good, exemplified by the recent exchange between Robert Tombs and Alan Lester, as well as Nigel Biggar’s defence in Imperial Reckoning . It highlights how defenders of imperialism use historical narratives to justify colonial atrocities and resist critique. It argues that imperialism’s legacy persists through three main forms. (1) Structural power…
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Racism (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works)