Title: Nationalism and African intellectuals
First published: 2001
Description: "This book is about how African intellectuals, influenced primarily by nationalism, have addressed the inter-related issues of power, identity politics, self-assertion and autonomy for themselves and their continent, from the mid-nineteenth century onward. Their major goal was to create a 'better Africa' by connecting nationalism to knowledge.

The results have been mixed, from the glorious euphoria of the success of anti-colonial movements to the depressing circumstances of the African condition as we enter a new millennium.".

"Nationalism and African Intellectuals examines intellectuals' ambivalent relationships with the colonial apparatus and subsequent nation-state formations; the contradictions manifested within pan-Africanism and nationalism; and the relation of academic institutions and intellectual production to the state during the nationalism period and beyond."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Politics and government, Intellectuals, Nationalism, Political activity, Intellectuals, africa, Nationalism, africa, Africa, politics and government, Nationalisme, Democratie, Intellectuelen, Onafhankelijkheid (algemeen), Staatsvorming, Africa, historiography, History of ideas, intellectual history, Pan-africanism--history
Places: Africa
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: DT30.5 .F35 2001