Africanity Redefined: Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui (Classic Authors and Texts on Africa) (CLASSIC AUTHORS AND TEXT ON AFRICA) - Softcover

Ali Alamin Mazrui

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086543994X ISBN 13: 9780865439948

Publisher: Africa World Press, 2002

Synopsis

Africanity Redefined: Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Volume I is the first of three volumes of Ali A. Mazrui's most important essays. The eventual three-volume work will provide readers with a broad spectrum of Professor Mazrui's writings during his four decades as a scholar and public intellectual. This first volume redefines the meaning of Africanity across geographical spaces, time, and cultures. The resulting definition is dynamic. It forces us to reject neo-imperialist paradigms and ontologies of what it means to be African. By encouraging us to think about Africanity as an idea rather than as point of origin, the ideas contained in these essays force us to reposition ourselves in the debate of our place in global cultures and civilizations, and they prepare us to take a more active role in social and political affairs.

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About the Author

Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the editor of the Journal of African Economic History, as well as the series editor of Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. A leading Africanist, he is the author of many books including Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa and editor of Tradition and Change in Africa: The Essays of J. F. Ade. Ajayi (both by AWP, 2000).

Edition details

• Publisher: Africa World Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086543994X
• ISBN 13: 9780865439948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225