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AFRICA AND THE WEST
THE LEGACIES OF EMPIRE |
| By: |
Isaac James Mowoe, Richard Bjornson, Isaac James Mowoe (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£74.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0313241090 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780313241093 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
13 February, 1986 |
| Series: |
Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets no. 92 |
| Pages: |
284 |
| Synopsis: |
This volume, written by leading African and Western specialists, is among the first to provide a broad interdisciplinary view of African culture that allows contemporary Africa to be understood on its own terms--freed from Western ethnocentric preconceptions and values. The book begins with an overview of current African scholarship, followed by Philip Curtin's historical essay on Africa's 400-year relationship with European culture, with special emphasis on the mass migrations brought about by the slave trade. Discussions of indigenous cultural symbols and religious belief systems reveal a rich and continuing heritage and deepen our understanding of modern African society. Several chapters are devoted to the intellectual and cultural life of Francophone Africa--its major writers and scholars and the deep cultural conflict experienced by French-speaking African elites. A chapter by Leopold Senghor, former president of Senegal and a leading cultural figure in Francophone Africa, offers an eloquent statement of the post-colonial African world view.A new form of imperialism--the control of the mass media by powerful industrial nations--and the dangers it poses to African identity and autonomy are examined. Other topics covered are the evolution of African legal and judicial systems and recent developments in African musicology. |
| Illustrations: |
figs. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Greenwood Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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