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Autore |
Fonlon Bernard Nsokika <1924-1986.> |
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Titolo |
Challenge of culture in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from restoration to integration / / Bernard N. Fonlon |
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Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG |
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[East Lansing], : Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-00482-8 |
9786613004826 |
9956-579-73-4 |
9956-578-71-1 |
9956-578-44-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (98 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politics and culture - Africa |
Afrocentrism |
Africa Civilization Historiography |
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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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"First published as a two-part essay in 1965 and 1967 in ABBIA--Cameroon Cultural Review--under the title 'Idea of Culture'"--P. [4] of cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 83). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Part One. Culture as Tillage; The Genesis of Culture; The Purpose of Culture; The African Ideal; Educating to Unman; The Witness of the Ancients; Back to the Sterner Spirit; Part Two. Culture as Fruit and Harvest; The Physical Strata; The Strata of the Arts; The Strata of Abstract Thought; The Primacy of Morality; The Unerring Test of Civilisation; The Role of Religion; Summing Up; The Principles of Cultural Growth; Culture and Africa; The Decline and the Cause; Restoring the Remnants; Notes; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book was first published as a two-part essay in 1965 and 1967 in ABBIA ñ Cameroon Cultural Review ñ under the title ìIdea of Cultureî. Its main argument is that indigenous Africans cultures must be the foundation on which the modern African cultural structure should be |
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