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The case against Afrocentrism /

Adeleke deconstructs Afrocentric essentialism by illuminating and interrogating the problematic situation of Africa as the foundation of a racialised worldwide African Diaspora. It attempts to fill an intellectual gap by analysing the contradictions in representations of Afrocentrism in Africa. Thes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adeleke, Tunde (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Afrocentric essentialism
  • Africa and the challenges of constructing identity
  • Conceptual and paradigmatic utilizations and representations of Africa
  • Essentialist construction of identity and pan-Africanism
  • Afrocentric consciousness and historical memory
  • Afrocentric essentialism and globalization.