{"product_id":"beyond-the-political-spider-kwesi-yankah-9781920033804","title":"Beyond the Political Spider: Critical Issues in African Humanities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Political Spider: Critical Issues in African Humanities\u003c\/em\u003e by Kwesi Yankah is the first title in the newly established African Humanities Association (AHA) publication series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy integrating his own biography into a critique of the global politics of knowledge production, Yankah, through a collection of essays, interrogates critical issues confronting the Humanities that spawn intellectual hegemonies and muffle African voices. Using the example of Ghana, he brings under scrutiny, amongst others, endemic issues of academic freedom, gender inequities, the unequal global academic order, and linguistic imperialism in language policies in governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the face of these challenges, the author deftly navigates the complex terrain of indigenous knowledge and language in the context of democratic politics, demonstrating that agency can be liberatory when emphasising indigenous knowledge, especially expressed through the idiom of local languages and symbols, including Ananse, the protean spider, folk hero in Ghana and most parts of the pan-African world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwesi Yankah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1920033807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781920033804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nisc (Pty) Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.71d","brand":"Kwesi Yankah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993346703615,"sku":"9781920033804","price":69.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f95baa2-0205-4495-af02-0f139831c146.jpg?v=1683323854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-political-spider-kwesi-yankah-9781920033804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}