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African Literature as Political Philosophy

Author : Mary Stella Chika Okolo
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136048
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book African Literature as Political Philosophy written by Mary Stella Chika Okolo and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The politics of development in Africa have always been central concerns of the continent's literature. Yet ideas about the best way to achieve this development, and even what development itself should look like, have been hotly contested. African Literature as Political Philosophy looks in particular at Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah and Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but situates these within the broader context of developments in African literature over the past half-century, discussing writers from Ayi Kwei Armah to Wole Soyinka. M.S.C. Okolo provides a thorough analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. She shows the roots of Achebe's reformism and Ngugi's insistence on revolution and how these positions take shape in their work. Okolo argues that these authors have been profoundly affected by the political situation of Africa, but have also helped to create a new African political philosophy.

African Literature as Political Philosophy

Author : M. S. C. Okolo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782869782044
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book African Literature as Political Philosophy written by M. S. C. Okolo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. This book shows the roots of Achebe's reformism and Ngugi's insistence on revolution and how these positions take shape in their work. It argues that these authors have helped to create a African political philosophy.

African Philosophy

Author : Lajul, Wilfred
Publisher : Fountain Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9970253077
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book African Philosophy written by Lajul, Wilfred and published by Fountain Publishers. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African philosophy has for long been rejected on the basis that it is not known, or has not been written down. Behind this view is the idealist presumption that for something to exist, it must first be perceived. However, for something to be perceived, it must first exist. African Philosophy: Critical Dimensions examines what constitutes African philosophy in terms of its meaning, foundation, sources, methodology, characteristics, and relevance. The book analyses traditional African philosophy from the political, social, ethical, epistemological and metaphysical angles. The book further critically discusses modern African political philosophy, modern African social philosophy, modern African economic philosophy, and modern African philosophy of religion. It ends with the identification of the different conclusions that were derived from the study and general recommendations, some specifically for researchers and writers, especially in the area of African philosophy. Wilfred Lajul joins other authentic voices examining African Philosophy.

Contemporary African Social and Political Philosophy

Author : Albert Kasanda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351209906
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary African Social and Political Philosophy written by Albert Kasanda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what constitutes contemporary African social and political philosophy with regard to its meaning, aims, sources, and relevance for today’s Africa. Kasanda denounces conventional approaches considering these either as a subcategory of general philosophy or as the ideological attempts of individual African leaders and professional philosophers, such as Nkrumah, Nyerere, Senghor, Fanon, Hountondji and Towa. On the contrary, Kasanda defines contemporary African social and political philosophy as an inclusive reflection of African communities with regard to power and equitable modes of social and political organization in order to promote human excellence for everyone. This perspective also includes the criticism of social and political concepts in use within African communities. The author postulates that contemporary African social and political philosophy relies on the legacy of precolonial African societies, as well as on the contribution of the diaspora throughout the world. Contemporary African social and political philosophy is rooted in the daily lives of African people, and it expresses itself through multiple modalities including, for example, art, religion, literature, music and the policy of urbanization of African cities. This book sheds new light on debates concerning topics such as ethnophilosophy, negritude, pan-Africanism, democracy, African civil society, African cultures, and globalization. It aims to ward off the lethargy that strikes African social and political philosophy, taking a renewed and critical approach.

African Political Thought

Author : Stephen Chan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1787387488
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book African Political Thought written by Stephen Chan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in terms of thought. Even Sartre, in his preface to Frantz Fanon's seminal The Wretched of the Earth, wrote of the 'native' with his coiled muscles about to explode into rebellion. The African and the black person are denied the condition of philosophy, apparently driven only by frustration and anger. Stephen Chan's new book charts the long history of African political thought, from the years of North American slavery, through the development of modern African nationalism and the difficulties of governing new states, to Africa's political philosophy today, taking on the world as an equal. He dwells at length on major figures from Marcus Garvey and Kwame Nkrumah's postcolonial generation to Biko, Mandela and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He shows their leadership to be inseparable from their ideas, and from those of literary giants including Fanon, W.E.B. Du Bois and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. This is no hagiography: Chan critically examines his thinkers, who also include Mugabe and Mobutu, and expresses concern for the future of Pan-Africanism. But his fascinating account reveals a thoughtful continent that has made complex, significant contributions to the world's intellectual commons-yet continues to seek freedom.

Socio-political Thought in African Literature

Author : Gideon-Cyrus Makau Mutiso
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Socio-political Thought in African Literature written by Gideon-Cyrus Makau Mutiso and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Philosophy and Thought Systems

Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
ISBN 13 : 9956763012
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book African Philosophy and Thought Systems written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The once acrimonious debate on the existence of African philosophy has come of age, yet the need to cultivate a culture of belonging is more demanding now than ever before in many African societies. The gargantuan indelible energised chicanery waves of neo-colonialism and globalisation and their sweeping effect on Africa demand more concerted action and solutions than cul-de-sac discourses and magical realism. It is in view of this realisation that this book was born. This is a vital text for understanding contextual historical trends in the development of African philosophic ideas on the continent and how Africans could possibly navigate the turbulent catadromous waters, tangled webs and chasms of destruction, and chagrin of struggles that have engrossed Africa since the dawn of slavery and colonial projects on the continent. The book aims to generate more insights and influence national, continental, and global debates in the field of philosophy. It is accessible and handy to a wider range of readers, ranging from educators and students of African philosophy, anthropology, African studies, cultural studies, and all those concerned with the further development of African philosophy and thought systems on the African continent.

Decolonising the Mind

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0852555016
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Decolonising the Mind written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1986 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.

Pan-Africanism: Political Philosophy and Socio-Economic Anthropology for African Liberation and Governance

Author : Kini-Yen Kinni
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956762202
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Pan-Africanism: Political Philosophy and Socio-Economic Anthropology for African Liberation and Governance written by Kini-Yen Kinni and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book is the outcome of a long project begun thirty years ago. It is a book on the makings of pan-Africanism through the predicaments of being black in a world dominated by being white. The book is a tribute and celebration of the efforts of the African-American and African-Caribbean Diaspora who took the initiative and the audacity to fight and liberate themselves from the shackles of slavery. It is also a celebration of those Africans who in their own way carried the torch of inspiration and resilience to save and reconstruct the Free Humanism of Africa. As a story of the rise from the shackles of slavery and poverty to the summit of Victors of their Renaissance Identity and Self-Determination as a People, the book is the story of African refusal to celebrate victimhood. The book also situates women as central actors in the Pan-African project, which is often presented as an exclusively masculine endeavour. It introduces a balanced gender approach and diagnosis of the Women actors of Pan-Africanism which was very much lacking. The problem of balkanisation of Africa on post-colonial affiliations and colonial linguistic lines has taken its toll on Africas building of its common identity and personality. The result is that Africans are more remote to each other in their pigeon-hole-nation-states which put more restrictions for African inter-mobility, coupled by education and cultural affiliations, the communication and transportation and trading networks which are still tied more to their colonial masters than among themselves. This book looks into the problem of the new wave of Pan-Africanism and what strategies that can be proposed for a more participatory Pan-Africanism inspired by the everyday realities of African masses at home and in the diaspora. This book is the first book of its kind that gives a comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of Pan-Africanism. It is a very timely and vital compendium.

African Literature, Animism and Politics

Author : Caroline Rooney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134558856
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book African Literature, Animism and Politics written by Caroline Rooney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks an important contribution to colonial and postcolonial studies in its clarification of the African discourse of consciousness and its far-reaching analyses of a literature of animism. It will be of great interest to scholars in many fields including literary and critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, politics and psychoanalysis.

The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka

Author : Yemi D. Ogunyemi
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781608364633
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka written by Yemi D. Ogunyemi and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka is a chronology of the literary and political savvies/activities of Wole Soyinka. His literary and political activities/savvies reached the acme in 1986 when he became the first African in Africa and the first African in Diaspora to be awarded Nobel Prize for literature. It was forty-seven years ago (in 1962) when the Nobel Laureate began his philosophical dialogue with his London landlady in what is known as the first telephone conversation of its kind. From the Yoruba/African perspective, he is a aBringer of Lighta and each chapter of the book is an indelible mark of enlightenment into the two main areas of the Yoruba quintessencealiterature and philosophy. Each chapter enlightens, for any lore that enlightens/widens peopleas horizons and presents food for thought is the beginning of philosophy. Additionally, and what should no less be regarded the prime, the book is a veritable dedication to Wole Soyinka who will be seventy-five in July 2009.

Pan-Africanism: Political Philosophy and Socio-Economic Anthropology for African Liberation and Governance

Author : Kini-Yen Kinni
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956762083
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Pan-Africanism: Political Philosophy and Socio-Economic Anthropology for African Liberation and Governance written by Kini-Yen Kinni and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book is the outcome of a long project begun thirty years ago. It is a book on the makings of pan-Africanism through the predicaments of being black in a world dominated by being white. The book is a tribute and celebration of the efforts of the African-American and African-Caribbean Diaspora who took the initiative and the audacity to fight and liberate themselves from the shackles of slavery. It is also a celebration of those Africans who in their own way carried the torch of inspiration and resilience to save and reconstruct the Free Humanism of Africa. As a story of the rise from the shackles of slavery and poverty to the summit of Victors of their Renaissance Identity and Self-Determination as a People, the book is the story of African refusal to celebrate victimhood. The book also situates women as central actors in the Pan-African project, which is often presented as an exclusively masculine endeavour. It introduces a balanced gender approach and diagnosis of the Women actors of Pan-Africanism which was very much lacking. The problem of balkanisation of Africa on post-colonial affiliations and colonial linguistic lines has taken its toll on Africas building of its common identity and personality. The result is that Africans are more remote to each other in their pigeon-hole-nation-states which put more restrictions for African inter-mobility, coupled by education and cultural affiliations, the communication and transportation and trading networks which are still tied more to their colonial masters than among themselves. This book looks into the problem of the new wave of Pan-Africanism and what strategies that can be proposed for a more participatory Pan-Africanism inspired by the everyday realities of African masses at home and in the diaspora. This book is the first book of its kind that gives a comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of Pan-Africanism. It is a very timely and vital compendium.

Writers in Politics

Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : East African Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780435917517
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Writers in Politics written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writers in Politics

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0852555415
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Writers in Politics written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects many of the concerns found in Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre.

Themes in African Social and Political Thought

Author : Onigu Otite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Themes in African Social and Political Thought written by Onigu Otite and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

African Political Thought

Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403966346
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book African Political Thought written by Guy Martin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of its history, the African continent has witnessed momentous political change, remarkable philosophical innovation, and the complex cross-fertilization of ideologies and belief systems. This definitive study surveys the concepts, values, and historical upheavals that have shaped African political systems from the ancient period to the postcolonial era and beyond. Beginning with the emergence of indigenous political institutions, it traces the most important developments in African history, including the Africanization of Islam, liberal democratic movements, socialism, Pan-Africanism, and Africanist-Populist resistance to the neoliberal world order. The result is an invaluable resource on a region too often ignored in the history of political thought.

An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality, and Politics

Author : Motsamai Molefe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030155617
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality, and Politics written by Motsamai Molefe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the salient ethical idea of personhood in African philosophy. It is a philosophical exposition that pursues the ethical and political consequences of the normative idea of personhood as a robust or even foundational ethical category. Personhood refers to the moral achievements of the moral agent usually captured in terms of a virtuous character, which have consequences for both morality and politics. The aim is not to argue for the plausibility of the ethical and political consequences of the idea of personhood. Rather, the book showcases some of the moral-political content and consequences of the account it presents.