African intellectuals : rethinking politics, language, gender, and development
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.
Added Author:
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0603/2004065656.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004065656-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004065656-d.html