This book looks at the very different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi and Achebe, to the military men in power and the students who defy repression. It suggests that intervention by international agencies who claim to promote 'democracy' and 'empower the youth' may reinforce authoritarian attitudes and structures.

The essays in the book give voice to the outrage, ridicule and revolutionary ardour, as well as to the reformist caution, of those directly affected. The shallow pretences of those in power and the hypocrisy and arrogance of the foreign helpers are also exposed.

The book concludes that being an 'insider' or an 'outsider' is less important than being committed to listening to ordinary people.

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Yes, you can access Intellectuals and African Development by Björn Beckman, Gbemisola Adeoti, Björn Beckman,Gbemisola Adeoti,Bjorn Beckman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Global Development Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Zed Books

Year

2008

Print ISBN

9781842777657, 9781842777640

eBook ISBN

9781848131484

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Global Development Studies

Index

Social Sciences

Contents
Predicament and response: an introduction
1 | Psychopaths in power: the collapse of the African dream in A Play of Giants
2 | Re-establishing the basis of social order in Africa: a reflection on Achebe’s reformist agenda and Ngugi’s Marxist aesthetics
3 | Narrating the green gods: the (auto)biographies of Nigerian military rulers
4 | Ambiguous transitions: mediating citizenship among youth in Cameroon
5 | Student radicalism and the national project: the Nigerian student movement
6 | Transnational governance and the pacification of youth: civic education and disempowerment in Malawi
7 | Identity and knowledge production in thefourth generation
Contributors
Index

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