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Of Africa /

A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, the author has witnessed the promise of independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, as an irrepressible essayis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soyinka, Wole
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Past into present. The dark continent? : or beholder's cataract? ; Children of Herodotus ; Fictioning of the fourth dimension ; The tree of forgetfulness : alive and well in Darfur -- Body and soul. A choice of chains ; Not a "way of life," but a guide to existence ; The spirituality of a continent ; Thus spake Orunmila : Africa as arbitrating voice. 
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