Part 1. Global imperial designs and empire -- Introduction: empire and global coloniality: towards a decolonial turn -- Global imperial designs and pan-Africanism -- Coloniality of power and African development -- Part 2. Subject, subjection and subjectivity -- The ticklish subject in Africa -- Subjection and subjectivity in South Africa -- Nationality of power in Zimbabwe -- Part 3. Coloniality, knowledge and nationalism -- Coloniality of knowledge and higher education -- African national project and national question -- Part 4. Conclusion -- Global crisis and Africa today.