African intellectuals and decolonization [electronic resource] / edited by Nicholas M. Creary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: representation and retrospection We need a Mau Mau in Mississippi: Malcolm X's political lessons for today -- / George Hartley -- Nkrumah/Lumumba: representations of masculinity / Janet Hess -- Trauma and narrativity in Adichie's Half of a yellow sun: privileging indigenous knowledge in writing the Biafran War / Marlene De La Cruz-Guzmán -- Part II: decolonizing public spheres: conflicts and negotiations -- The emergent self in South African Black consciousness literary discourse / T. Spreelin Macdonald -- The public life of reason: orchestrating debate in postapartheid South Africa / Lesley Cowling and Carolyn Hamilton -- Setting the agenda for decolonizing African media systems / Ebenezer Adebisi Olawuyi -- The African renaissance and discourse ownership: challenging debilitating discourses on africa / Steve Odero Ouma -- Part III: decolonizing knowledge: intellectual imperatives and epistemic dialogues -- Decolonization and the practice of philosophy / Tsenay Serequeberhan -- Beyond gender centric models: restoring motherhood to Yoruba discourses of art and aesthetics / Oyeronke Oyewumi.

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