Robert W July

An African Voice

The Role of the Humanities in African Independence

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Produktbeschreibung

Through the work of leading African writers, artists, musicians and educators--from Nobel prizewinner Wole Soyinka to names hardly known outside their native lands--"An African Voice" describes 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 1987
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780822307693
• ISBN-10: 0822307693
• Artikelnr.: 22232978

Autorenporträt

Robert W. July

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Prologue: A Candle at Kilimanjaro 1
Part 1. The Crisis of Independence
1. Colonial Legacies 7
2. Présence Africaine and the Expression of Cultural Freedom 20
Part 2. The Arts and Cultural Independence
3. The Visual Arts and African Independence 47
4. The Independent African Theater 59
5. African Dance 82
6. Literary Perspectives of Cultural Independence 107
Part 3. Educational Independence
7. The Search for a Usable Past 129
8. The Idea of an African University 157
9. Organizing Africana 177
Part 4. A Modern African Civilization
10. The African Personality and Europe 201
11. An African Voice 227
Notes 245
Bibliography 257
Index 263