02343nam 2200517 a 450 991095229770332120251117084726.097819122348511912234858(CKB)2670000000241005(EBL)3111177(MiAaPQ)EBC3111177(Au-PeEL)EBL3111177(CaPaEBR)ebr10594060(OCoLC)811407997(Perlego)1304451(BIP)35371924(EXLCZ)99267000000024100520120904d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPublic intellectuals and the politics of global Africa comparative and biographical essays in honour of Ali A. Mazrui /edited by Seifudein Adem1st ed.London Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd.20101 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781906704759 1906704759 section 1. Introductory essays -- section 2. Dialogue of cultures -- section 3. Conflict and postcoloniality -- section 4. Afro-optimism in thought and policy -- section 5. The rise of Obama and the politics of identity.Ali Mazrui has been described as one of the most original thinkers that Africa has produced, and one of the top 100 living public intellectuals in the world today. This volume uses Mazrui's life and work as a guide towards explaining the historical impact of black public intellectuals such as Julius K. Nyerere, Patrice Lumumba and Barrack Obama. The book explores not only politics and academics, but also religion, gender, class and civil-military relations, bringing together into the black experience both Plato's concept of the "philosopher King" and V.I. Lenin's notion of the 'intelligentsia'.AfricanistsIntellectualsAfricanists.Intellectuals.Adem Seifudein1183195Mazrui Ali AlAmin130631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910952297703321Public intellectuals and the politics of global Africa4361940UNINA