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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345131203321

Titolo

African intellectuals : rethinking politics, language, gender, and development / / Thandika Mkandawire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Zed Books, 2005

ISBN

1-84813-605-6

1-350-21814-6

1-281-25906-3

1-84813-117-8

9786611259068

Descrizione fisica

248 p

Collana

Africa in the new millennium

Classificazione

15.80

Altri autori (Persone)

MkandawireP. Thandika

Disciplina

960.3/1/08631

Soggetti

Intellectuals - Africa

Africa Intellectual life Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at a conference held in Dakar, Dec. 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.