African intellectuals : rethinking politics, language, gender, and development
by
 
Mkandawire, P. Thandika.

Title
: 
African intellectuals : rethinking politics, language, gender, and development

Author
: 
Mkandawire, P. Thandika.

ISBN
: 
9782869781450
 
9781842776209
 
9781842776216

Publication Information
: 
New York : Zed Books, 2005.

Physical Description
: 
248 pages ; 22 cm.

Series
: 
Africa in the new millennium
 
Africa in the new millennium.

General Note
: 
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Dakar, Dec. 2003.

Contents
: 
African intellectuals and nationalism / Pan-Africanism and the intellectuals : rise, decline and revival / African intellectuals, nationalism and pan-Africanism : a testimony / Gender studies for Africa's transformation / The character and formation of intellectuals within the ANC-led South African liberation movement / Europhone or African memory : the challenge of the pan-Africanist intellectual in the era of globalization / The language question and national development in Africa / Historians, nationalism and pan-Africanism : myths and realities / The academic diaspora and knowledge production in and on Africa : what role for CODESRIA?

Abstract
: 
"This book constitutes a valuable, because so rare, exploration of the complex interface between African intellectuals and society, state and politics in the context of fundamental new departures like the restoration of multi-party politics, new economic horizons like NEPAD, and a renewed awareness of the need for Pan African cooperation."--Jacket.

Subject Term
: 
Intellectuals -- Africa -- Congresses.
 
Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
 
Intellectuals. (OCoLC)fst00975799
 
Intellectuelen.
 
Politieke situatie.
 
Nationalisme.

Geographic Term
: 
Africa -- Intellectual life -- Congresses.
 
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509

Genre
: 
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772

Added Author
: 
Mkandawire, P. Thandika.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0603/2004065656.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004065656-b.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004065656-d.html


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