Title African freedom : how Africa responded to independence / Phyllis Taoua

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource 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 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 Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Human rights -- Africa Human rights in literature. Human rights in motion pictures. African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Motion pictures, African -- History and criticism Self-realization -- Africa Liberty. Freedom freedom. African literature Human rights Human rights in literature Human rights in motion pictures Liberty Motion pictures, African Self-realization Social conditions SUBJECT Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject Africa Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108551700 110855170X

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