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Decades after independence for most African states, the struggle for decolonization is still incomplete, as demonstrated by the fact that Africa remains associated in many Western minds with chaos, illness, and disorder. African and non-African scholars alike still struggle to establish the idea of African humanity, in all its diversity, and to move Africa beyond its historical role as the foil to the West.

As this book shows, Africa’s decolonization is an ongoing process across a range of fronts, and intellectuals—both African and non-African—have significant roles to play in that process. The essays collected here examine issues such as representation and retrospection; the roles of intellectuals in the public sphere; and the fundamental question of how to decolonize African knowledges. African Intellectuals and Decolonization outlines ways in which intellectual practice can serve to de-link Africa from its global representation as a debased, subordinated, deviant, and inferior entity.

Contributors
Lesley Cowling, University of the Witwatersrand
Nicholas M. Creary, University at Albany
Marlene De La Cruz, Ohio University
Carolyn Hamilton, University of Cape Town
George Hartley, Ohio University
Janet Hess, Sonoma State University
T. Spreelin McDonald, Ohio University
Ebenezer Adebisi Olawuyi, University of Ibadan
Steve Odero Ouma, University of Nairobi
Oyeronke Oyewumi, State University of New York
at Stony Brook
Tsenay Serequeberhan, Morgan State University

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. iii-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. Part I: Representation and Retrospection
  1. We Need a Mau Mau in Mississippi
  2. pp. 15-26
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  1. Nkrumah/Lumumba
  2. pp. 27-36
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  1. Trauma and Narrativity in Aidichie's Half of a Yellow Sun
  2. pp. 37-65
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  1. Part II: Decolonizing Public Spheres: Conflicts and Negotiations
  1. The Emergent Self in South African Black Conciousness Literature and Discourse
  2. pp. 69-82
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  1. The Public Life of Reason
  2. pp. 83-101
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  1. Setting the Agenda for Decolonizing African Media Systems
  2. pp. 102-116
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  1. The African Renaissance and Discourse Ownership
  2. pp. 117-134
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  1. Part III: Decolonizing Knowledge: Intellectual Imperatives and Epistemic Dialogues
  1. Decolonization and the Practice of Philosophy
  2. pp. 137-159
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  1. Beyond Gendercentric Models
  2. pp. 160-179
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 181-183
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