The politics of history in contemporary Africa
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This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus historyand politics. The author contends that postcolonial African studies that thrive by way of unanimity, analogy, or homogenenity are merely advancing a 'defeatist' historicism. INDICE: - The 'Invention' of Africa: Contested Terrains - Post-colonial Displacements - Africanism: a History of Histories - Beyond a History by Analogy- Cult of Personalities and Politics of Domination - Towards an African Renaissance
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62357-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 238
- Fecha Publicación: 20/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés