If "modern" = decolonization, how can we call the conditions in at
least West Africa "postmodern?" From my humble perspective, the
"de-" in decolonization seems to stretch on as the colonial
structures and boundaries and ideas crumble but do not die. Reading
the current events magazines on West Africa leaves me with the
feeling of colonialism's legacy of borderline psychopathy, i.e., many
seem to have no clear sense of social boundaries, of "right
behavior," of social identity.
Tribal or language identities may end up being the only possible cure
for this legacy. Certainly, there seems to be less and less rightness
in left-over European categories and structures. Perhaps I am
stating the obvious, but I do so only because I don't see anything
"post-" in what is going there.