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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Part I. Postcoloniality of linguistic identities and African representations of foreign influences. Of postcolonial leadership and African politics -- Language, ethnicity and African politics -- The dictatorial promotion of political power personification and the spinning system rule -- The role of foreign languages in peace building in Africa -- The African linguistic situation : opportunities and challenges -- African linguistic diversity and national togetherness : the importance of foreign languages in a diversity that divides -- The status of lingua franca of the foreign languages and their impact on societies : the birth of new African languages |
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Part II. African youth issues in a context of global terrorism : political perspectives and solutions. The pos[t]coloniality of African crises and performances -- African youth's state of mind and the perceptions of Islam -- Postcolonial discourses, newly built identities and religious factors -- New economic development strategies and peace building perspectives |
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Part III. Postcolonial theory through cultural perspectives : a reference to Chinua Achebe's writings and the Igbo community's colonial experiences. The African individual and his community : understanding the mixture of liberal and socialist values in pre-colonial African life through Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God -- Rights and duties of the individual in his community -- Achebe's two representatives of Africans : Okonkwo, the self-made man and Ezeulu, the shrewd politician -- Merging values as colonial lessons from Achebe's fiction -- Early relationships and mutual perceptions between Biblical Christian colonizers and traditional religious Africans -- Biblical values versus pagan mores -- The birth of a new type of Igbo society as a symbol of a new Africa created by the West |
| Summary |
"This book is about Africa in the postcolonial trend of thinking and mutual representations of peoples of different cultures. From a literary approach and culture-based illustrations, the essay explores postcolonial ideas, realities and discourses in African letters and politics. It critically examines their mutual influences and interferences with a special focus on linguistic issues and Igbo ways of life, as representatives of many other African communities. It deals also with political perspectives and solutions relating to the causes and consequences of the connection between the African youth and terrorism and their link with migration as well as leadership."--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 30, 2019) |
| Subject |
Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation
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Achebe, Chinua. |
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Postcolonialism -- Africa
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Social change -- Africa
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Igbo (African people) in literature.
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Youth -- Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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Igbo (African people) in literature.
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Language and languages -- Political aspects.
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Politics and government.
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Postcolonialism.
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Social change.
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Youth -- Social conditions.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Africa -- Languages -- Political aspects
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Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kandji, Mamadou, writer of foreword.
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Dieng, Gorgui, writer of afterword.
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| ISBN |
9782140101441 |
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2140101448 |
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