LEADER 03387nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910974599403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613198051 010 $a9781283198059 010 $a1283198053 010 $a9789956715862 010 $a9956715867 010 $a9789956715985 010 $a9956715980 010 $a9789956615841 010 $a9956615846 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053576 035 $a(EBL)1135303 035 $a(OCoLC)830165140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483657 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11320590 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483657 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529689 035 $a(PQKB)11078020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135303 035 $a(OCoLC)646849426 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21800 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135303 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10344591 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319805 035 $a(PPN)187342962 035 $a(Perlego)541689 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88825032 035 $a(FRCYB88825032)88825032 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053576 100 $a20080804d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCry my beloved Africa $eessays on the postcolonial aura in Africa /$fPeter Wuteh Vakunta 210 $aMankon, Bamenda, Cameroon $cLangaa Research & Publishing CIG ;$a[Mich.] $cDistributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (98 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9789956558735 311 08$a9956558737 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 82-86). 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aCry 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 glo 606 $aHISTORY / Essays$2bisacsh 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development$2bisacsh 607 $aAfrica$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aAfrica$xHistory$y1960- 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government$y1960- 615 7$aHISTORY / Essays 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development 700 $aVakunta$b Peter W$0856914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974599403321 996 $aCry my beloved Africa$94337108 997 $aUNINA