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Subtitle: essays on contemporary African culture, politics, and academy
By: by Abebe Zegeye and Maurice Vambe
Contributors: Vambe, Maurice Taonezvi
Series: Routledge African studies -- 5
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780415895958; 9781868885404; 9780203807071
Subjects: Politics and government; History; African literature; Intellectual life; History and criticism; Civilization; Education; Postcolonialism
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

"First published in paperback 2009 by Unisa Press, University of South Africa"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The assault on African cultures; title: Notes on theorising Black diaspora in Africa; title: On the postcolony and the vulgarisation of political criticism; title: Rethinking the epistemic conditions of genocide in Africa; title: African indigenous knowledge systems; title: Knowledge production and publishing in Africa; title: Amilcar Cabral : national liberation as the basis of Africa's renaissances; title: Amilcar Cabral and the fortunes of African literature; title: Perspectives on Africanising educational curricula in Africa; title: Voices from the fringes : some reflections on postcolonial South African writings.