ISBN:
9781580466189
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (369 p)
Series Statement:
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Parallel Title:
Print version Falola, Toyin The Power of African Cultures
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
An analysis of the ties between culture and every aspect of African life, using Africa's past to explain present situations
Abstract:
CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Making Sense of the Western Encounter -- 3. Cultural Identity and Development -- 4. Political Economy and the Culture of Underdevelopment -- 5. The Culture of Politics -- 6. Ethnic Nationalism -- 7. Islam, Religious Identity, and Politics -- 8. Traditional Religions in Modern Africa -- 9. English or Englishes? The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics -- 10. Gender and Culture in Old and New Africa -- 11. Africa, the Homeland: Diasporic Cultures -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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