African intellectuals and decolonization / edited by Nicholas M. Creary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Creary, Nicholas M.

Series:

Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 90.

Ohio University Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Africa.

Postcolonialism.

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Africa--Intellectual life--20th century.

Africa.

Africa--Intellectual life--21st century.

Africa--In mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Decades after independence for most African states, the struggle for decolonization is still incomplete, as demonstrated by the fact that Africa remains associated in many Western minds with chaos, illness, and disorder. African and non-African scholars alike still struggle to establish the idea of African humanity, in all its diversity, and to move Africa beyond its historical role as the foil to the West. As this book shows, Africa's decolonization is an ongoing process across a range of fronts, and intellectuals-both African and non-African-have significant roles to play in that process.

Contents:

Part I: representation and retrospection We need a Mau Mau in Mississippi: Malcolm X's political lessons for today

/ George Hartley

Nkrumah/Lumumba: representations of masculinity / Janet Hess

Trauma and narrativity in Adichie's Half of a yellow sun: privileging indigenous knowledge in writing the Biafran War / Marlene De La Cruz-Guzmán

Part II: decolonizing public spheres: conflicts and negotiations

The emergent self in South African Black consciousness literary discourse / T. Spreelin Macdonald

The public life of reason: orchestrating debate in postapartheid South Africa / Lesley Cowling and Carolyn Hamilton

Setting the agenda for decolonizing African media systems / Ebenezer Adebisi Olawuyi

The African renaissance and discourse ownership: challenging debilitating discourses on africa / Steve Odero Ouma

Part III: decolonizing knowledge: intellectual imperatives and epistemic dialogues

Decolonization and the practice of philosophy / Tsenay Serequeberhan

Beyond gender centric models: restoring motherhood to Yoruba discourses of art and aesthetics / Oyeronke Oyewumi.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780896804869

0896804860

OCLC:

821216888