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African freedom : how Africa responded to independence
- Title
- African freedom : how Africa responded to independence / Phyllis Taoua.
- Author
- Taoua, Phyllis
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- xi, 321 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- The ideal of meaningful freedom in Africa today evolved from a complex history. Although the concept of 'freedom' emerged as an ideal during the process of decolonization, Phyllis Taoua argues that national liberation did not deliver meaningful freedom to the majority of people on the African continent. With a pan-African, interdisciplinary approach, the significant issues in the struggle to achieve meaningful freedom are synthesized into a clear narrative as the evolution of this conversation is traced among writers, filmmakers and activists since the 1960s. Types of freedom are defined and shown to be mutually interdependent, while Taoua also investigates a range of key areas, such as gender identity, the nation, global capital, and the spiritual and religious realm. Allowing us to hear from the African people themselves, this compelling study makes sense of the ongoing struggle for meaningful freedom and the importance of such a concept in contemporary African culture.
- Subjects
- Africa
- African literature
- Motion pictures, African
- Liberty
- Human rights in literature
- Motion pictures, African > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Africa > Social conditions > 20th century
- Human rights in motion pictures
- Africa > Social conditions > 21st century
- Social conditions
- 1900-2099
- Self-realization > Africa
- Human rights > Africa
- African literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The self: unfettering identity after independence -- Gender: women's engagement with freedom -- The nation: from liberation to meaningful freedom -- Global Africa: pillaging with less impunity in the era of neoliberal capital -- The spiritual realm: Okonkwo's unraveling and other responses.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-923
- ISBN
- 9781108427418
- 1108427413
- 9781108446167
- 1108446167
- LCCN
- 2018011060
- 40028384987
- 40028529739
- OCLC
- 1019964050
- Author
- Taoua, Phyllis, author.
- Title
- African freedom : how Africa responded to independence / Phyllis Taoua.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Other Standard Identifier
- 4002838498740028529739
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-923