Nationalism and African intellectuals
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TextPublication details: Rochester, NY University of Rochester Press 2001Description: xx, 372 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781580461498
- 305.552FAL
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-358) and index.
This book is about how African intellectuals, influenced primarily by nationalism, have addressed the inter-related issues of power, identity politics, self-assertion and autonomy for themselves and their continent, from the mid-nineteenth century onward. Their major goal was to create a 'better Africa' by connecting nationalism to knowledge. The results have been mixed, from the glorious euphoria of the success of anti-colonial movements to the depressing circumstances of the African condition as we enter a new millennium.
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