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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458491803321

Autore

Ngwane George <1960->

Titolo

The power in the writer [[electronic resource] ] : collected essays on culture, democracy & development in Africa / / Mwalimu George Ngwane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2008

ISBN

1-283-19872-X

9786613198723

9956-717-84-3

9956-717-96-7

9956-615-77-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

306.096

Soggetti

Democracy - Africa

Afrocentrism

Electronic books.

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1: Culture -- Pt. 2: Pan African Democracy -- Pt. 3: Afrocentric development -- Pt. 4: Interviews.

Sommario/riassunto

The book examines the creative industries of Cameroon and Africa and makes bold the cultural triumphant assertion that Africa is home to some of the most diverse cultural patrimony and the most versatile creative professionals. It also discusses indigenous development models and questions the rationale for Eurocentric democratic paradigms which have partly contributed to the demise of a concrete democratic development entitlement in most African countries. Ngwane weaves both the cultural and political strands into a search for a homegrown development web which he calls 'glocalisation'. Ngwane'