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Author
Series
African studies volume 85
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
J. Currey
Pub. Date
1995.
Lexile measure
1470L
Language
English
Description
The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonisation does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial...