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UNINA9910452522903321 |
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Titolo |
The contemporary francophone African intellectual [[electronic resource]] / edited by Christopher Hogarth and Natalie Edwards |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HogarthChristopher |
EdwardsNatalie |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American intellectuals |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual examines the issues with which the contemporary African intellectual engages, the fields s/he occupies, her/his residence and perspective, and her/his relations with the State and the people. In an increasingly economically deprived Africa, in which some states are ruled by dictators, what chances do people have of becoming intellectuals, using their critical faculties to challenge hegemony, enacting the transformative power of ideas in a public forum? Do intellectuals who remain in Africa run the risk of being swallowed into a vortex of hagiog |
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