The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual

Hogarth, Christopher. (Author). Edwards, Natalie. (Added Author).

Summary: The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual examines the issues with which the contemporary African intellectual engages, the fields s/he occupies, her/his residence and perspective, and her/his relations with the State and the people. In an increasingly economically deprived Africa, in which some states are ruled by dictators, what chances do people have of becoming intellectuals, using their critical faculties to challenge hegemony, enacting the transformative power of ideas in a publ ...

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ISBN: 9781443851213
ISBN: 1443851213
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (211 pages)
Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.