The power of African cultures
By: Toyin Falola.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press; Boydell & Brewer [distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y; Woodbridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781580462976
Subjects: Africa -- Civilization.
Notes: Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Making sense of the Western encounter; title: Cultural identity and development; title: Political economy and the culture of underdevelopment; title: The culture of politics; title: Ethnic nationalism; title: Islam, religious identity, and politics; title: Traditional religions in modern Africa; title: English or Englishes? : the politics of language and the language of politics; title: Gender and culture in old and new Africa; title: Africa, the homeland : diasporic cultures.