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9780822307693

An African Voice

by July, Robert William
  • ISBN13:

    9780822307693

  • ISBN10:

    0822307693

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780822382973

  • Additional ISBN(s):

    9780822382973

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-06-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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Summary

Through the work of leading African writers, artists, musicians and educatorsfrom Nobel prizewinner Wole Soyinka to names hardly known outside their native landsAn African Voicedescribes the contributions of the humanities to the achievement of independence for the peoples of black Africa following the Second World War. While concentrating on cultural independence, these leading humanists also demonstrate the intimate connection between cultural freedom and genuine political economic liberty.

Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue: A Candle at Kilimanjaro
The Crisis of Independence
Colonial Legacies
Présence Africaine and the Expression of Cultural Freedom
The Arts and Cultural Independence
The Visual Arts and African Independence
The Independent African Theater
African Dance
Literary Perspectives of Cultural Independence
Educational Independence
The Search for a Usable Past
The Idea of an African University
Organizing Africana
A Modern African Civilization
The African Personality and Europe
An African Voice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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