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Cry my beloved Africa : essays on the postcolonial aura in Africa / / Peter Wuteh Vakunta



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Autore: Vakunta Peter W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cry my beloved Africa : essays on the postcolonial aura in Africa / / Peter Wuteh Vakunta Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
[Mich.], : Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (98 p.)
Soggetto geografico: Africa History 20th century
Africa History 1960-
Africa Politics and government 1960-
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-86).
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 glo
Titolo autorizzato: Cry my beloved Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-19805-3
9786613198051
9956-715-86-7
9956-715-98-0
9956-615-84-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828747403321
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