Reclaiming the human sciences and humanities through African perspectives. Volume I / editors, Helen Lauer and Kofi Anyidoho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lauer, Helen.

Anyidoho, Kofi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Africa.

Humanities.

Humanities--Study and teaching--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (945 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This compilation was inspired by an international symposium held on the Legon campus over three days in September 2003. Hosted by the CODESRIA African Humanities Institute Programme, the symposium had the broad theme 'Canonical Works and Continuing Innovation in African Arts & Humanities'. In these two volumes of 85 papers there are contributions from established scholars such as Mahmood Mamdani, Peter Ekeh and Kwame Ninsin which sit alongside contributions from well-known literary scholars including Niyi Osundare, Femi Osofisan and Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Also included in the volume are classic papers by Claude Ake, Chinua Achebe and Kwasi Wiredu, plus those of up-and-coming young scholars of the day. The book is broken into nine sections: Examining Knowledge Production as a Social Institution; Explaining Actions and Beliefs; Reappraising 'Development'; Measuring the Human Condition; Recalling History; 'Africa' as a Subject of Academic Discourse; Debating Democracy, Community, and the Law; Revisiting Artistic Expression; and Regaining the Voice of Authority.

Contents:

section 1. Examining knowledge production as a social institution

section 2. Explaining actions and beliefs

section 3. Reappraising 'development'

section 4. Measuring the human condition

section 5. Recalling history.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9988-647-12-3

OCLC:

929146186