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Title: INTELLECTUALS AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
PRETENSION AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICAN POLITICS
By: Bjorn Beckman (Editor), Gbemisola Adeoti (Editor)
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £65.00


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ISBN 10: 1848131488
ISBN 13: 9781848131484
Publisher: ZED BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 29 February, 2008
Series: Africa in the New Millennium
Pages: 185
Synopsis: This book looks at the very different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi and Achebe, to the military men in power and the students who defy repression. It suggests that intervention by international agencies who claim to promote 'democracy' and 'empower the youth' may reinforce authoritarian attitudes and structures. The essays in the book give voice to the outrage, ridicule and revolutionary ardour, as well as to the reformist caution, of those directly affected. The shallow pretences of those in power and the hypocrisy and arrogance of the foreign helpers are also exposed. The book concludes that being an 'insider' or an 'outsider' is less important than being committed to listening to ordinary people.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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