Creating a Socialist Intelligentsia
Journal: Cahiers d études africaines
Year: 2017

This paper examines the history of the Soviet-African educational cooperation during the Cold War and focuses mainly on the training of African students at Soviet universities. It analyzes the ideas, aspirations and motives that governed the cooperation both in Africa and in the USSR. As regards the African side of the interaction, it draws a distinction between different actors, such as governments, opposition parties, national liberation movements and student organizations. Contrary to many as