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Intellectuals and African development : pretension and resistance in African politics /
The essays in this book study responses to?the African predicament?. They draw on a diversity of sources, including prominent writers such as Soyinka, Ngug̃i ̃and Achebe; military men in power; and students who defy repression. The volume suggests that intervention by international agencies claiming...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dakar, Senegal : London ; New York : Pretoria, South Africa : New York :
CODESRIA ; in association with Zed Books ; in association with UNISA Press ; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Africa in the new millennium.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The essays in this book study responses to?the African predicament?. They draw on a diversity of sources, including prominent writers such as Soyinka, Ngug̃i ̃and Achebe; military men in power; and students who defy repression. The volume suggests that intervention by international agencies claiming to promote?democracy? and to?empower the youth? may only reinforce authoritarian attitudes and structures. Instead, it gives voice to the outrage, ridicule, revolutionary ardour and reformist caution of those directly involved. It also exposes the shallow pretences of those in power, and conclud. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848131484 1848131488 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |