02939nam 2200601Ia 450 991082874740332120200520144314.01-283-19805-397866131980519956-715-86-79956-715-98-09956-615-84-6(CKB)2560000000053576(EBL)1135303(OCoLC)830165140(SSID)ssj0000483657(PQKBManifestationID)11320590(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483657(PQKBWorkID)10529689(PQKB)11078020(MiAaPQ)EBC1135303(OCoLC)646849426(MdBmJHUP)muse21800(Au-PeEL)EBL1135303(CaPaEBR)ebr10344591(CaONFJC)MIL319805(PPN)187342962(EXLCZ)99256000000005357620080804d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCry my beloved Africa[electronic resource] essays on the postcolonial aura in Africa /Peter Wuteh VakuntaMankon, Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa Research & Publishing CIG ;[Mich.] Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press20081 online resource (98 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-558-73-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-86).The trouble with Africa -- A nation at risk -- A celebration of diversity -- False start in post-colonial Africa -- It's a battlefield -- Discourse on gender in Africa -- African time and other Africanisms -- Manufacturing the illusion of freedom -- Myth about Africa's collective amnesia -- A continent's dirty linen -- Phantoms of the past -- Path to rebirth -- Hitler in Africa -- Aporia : Africa's demo-dictators -- Africa's tsunami -- Rite of passage or unsafe ordeal.Cry My Beloved Africa is a compendium of essays having as locus the continent of Africa. It comprises insightful observations on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans. True to the tradition of French novelist Stendhal, the author intends this work to serve as a mirror that reflects the day-to-day living of the different peoples that inhabit the fifty-three nation-states in Africa. It is directed to contemporary Africa and to the relationship between Africa and the rest of the gloAfricaHistory20th centuryAfricaHistory1960-AfricaPolitics and government1960-Vakunta Peter W856914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828747403321Cry my beloved Africa4098162UNINA