Themes in African Social and Political Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789781560156)

There can be no better time to revive the major strands of social and political thought about Africa in the nineteeth and twentieth centuries than now; given the consensus of opinion that over the last two decades African societies, and policies relating to the continent have largely failed. This book, illustrates that failures in Africa are not for a lack of ideas and arguments, or intellectual life. At the very least, it is a document of the rich history of ideas about the continent, by some of its most influential thinkers. The collection includes pieces on major African leaders/thinkers - Sekou Toure, Blydeen Awolowo and Nkrumah; and contributions by leaders themselves e.g. Nyerere on the process of liberation, and relative concepts of freedom. The other essays are by major intellectuals on currents and periods in social thought and intellectual history, such as Mazui on questions of (pan) - African indentities, on Africanness and colonialism, and African socialism.

Author: Onigu Otite
ISBN-10: 9781560150
ISBN-13: 9789781560156
Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.57w x 0.93d