Challenge of culture in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from restoration to integration / / Bernard N. Fonlon

• Autore: Fonlon Bernard Nsokika <1924-1986.>
• Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG; [East Lansing], : Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (98 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.096
• Soggetto topico: Politics and culture - Africa; Afrocentrism
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Civilization Historiography
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 raised; the soil into which the new seed should be sown; the stem into which the new scion should be grafted; the sap that should enliven the entire organism. This culture, the object of imperialist mockery and rejected, needs rehabilitation. However, such rehabilitation of African culture cannot be a mere archaeological en
• Titolo autorizzato: Challenge of culture in Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-00482-8; 9786613004826; 9956-579-73-4; 9956-578-71-1; 9956-578-44-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789855303321
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