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African intellectuals : rethinking politics, language, gender, and development / Thandika Mkandawire.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Africa in the new millennium.
- Africa in the new millennium
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectuals--Africa--Congresses.
- Intellectuals.
- Africa--Intellectual life--Congresses.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 248 p.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book constitutes a valuable, because so rare, exploration of the complex interface between African intellectuals and society, state and politics in the context of fundamental new departures like the restoration of multi-party politics, new economic horizons like NEPAD, and a renewed awareness of the need for Pan African cooperation."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction / Thandika Mkandawire
- Chapter 2. African intellectuals and nationalism / Thandika Mkandawire
- Chapter 3. Pan-Africanism and the intellectuals: rise, decline and revival / Ali A. Mazrui
- Chapter 4. African intellectuals, nationalism and pan-Africanism: a testimony / Joseph Ki-Zerbo
- Chapter 5. Gender studies for Africa's transformation / Amina Mama
- Chapter 6. The character and formation of intellectuals within the ANC-led South African liberation movement / Raymond Suttner
- Chapter 7. Europhone or African memory: the challenge of the pan-Africanist intellectual in the era of globalization / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
- Chapter 8. The language question and national development in Africa / Beban Sammy Chumbow
- Chapter 9. Historians, nationalism and pan-Africanism: myths and realities / Hannington Ochwada
- Chapter 10. The academic diaspora and knowledge production in and on Africa: what role for CODESRIA? / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
- About the contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Papers originally presented at a conference held in Dakar, Dec. 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611259068
- 9781848136052
- 1848136056
- 9781350218147
- 1350218146
- 9781281259066
- 1281259063
- 9781848131170
- 1848131178
- OCLC:
- 860625261
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