The Africa Reader: Independent Africa

Primary author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Publication
1970
Number of Pages
19
Classification
II Regions and countries | A Africa | 99 Africa: General
Description
African Institutions, Resistance to European Penetration, Movement Towards Independence, The Role of Culture, African Political Thought, the Role of the Military, The Non-Independent Countries: Suppression and Defiance.
A documentary based on the writings of Adrican political leaders and writers, including Nkrumah, Fanon, Senghor, Soyinka, Chief Luthuli, Eduardo Mondlane, Kenyatta, Aimé Césaire, Patrice Lumumba
--- African Institutions: The Foundations for Self-rule
Introductiom: Advocates of African Heritage
Hayford: Self-government and Journalism in the Gold Coast
Kenyatta, Jomo: The Kikuyu System of Government
Horton: Education and Self-govenment for Sierra Leone
Blyden: Search for a Liberal Education for Africans
--- Movement for Independence
Introduction: The Quest for Independence: The Promotors
Orizu: The Corrupting Influences of the West
Azikiwe: A Denunciation of European Imperialism
Awolowo: Early Political Organisation in Nigeria
Balewa: Unity and Diversity in Independence
Lumumba: A Rejection of European Rule with a Demand for Independence
Ousmane: The Resistance of Women
Mockerie: Early Roots of a Violent Independence Movement
Barnett and Njama: The Growth of Mass Support
Itote: The Nature of the Mau Mau Movement
--- The Role of the Intellectual in Independent Africa
Introduction: The Articulators of Freedom
Fanon: The Intellectual Elite in Revolutionary Culture
Soyinka: The Failure of the Writer in Africa
Asika: A Social Definition of the African Intellectual
Césaire: The Responsability of the Artist
Achebe: The Duty and Involvement of the African Writer
Ayalew: Beyond an Ideology of Powerlessness
Senghor: Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century
--- African Political Thought
Introduction: Political Formulations
Nkrumah: African Socialism Revisited
Mboya: The party System and Democracy in Africa
Nkrumah: Neocolonialism in Africa
Odinga: Not yet Uhuru
Nyerere: Education for Self-reliance
--- Non-independent Africa: Repression and Resistance
Introduction: The Freedom Fighters
Nkomo: Rhodesia: The Case for majority Role
Sithole: Nationalist Political Activity in Zimbabwe
M'Gabe: Guerrilla Activity in Zimabwe
Luthuli: South Africa's Nonviolent Struggle Against Oppression
Paton: A Dubious Virgin
Ntantala: The Oppression of Women in South Africa
?: The Defiance by Women in South Africa
Mandela: The Case for a Violent Resistance Movement
Toivo ja Toivo: Freedom for Namibia
Mondlane: Frelimo: The Struggle for Independence in Mozambique
--- Militarism in Africa
Intyroduction: The Military: Toward a New Order?
Ukpabi: Military Considerations in African Foreign Politics
Legassick: Guerrilla Warfare in Southern Africa
Copy Number
1
Identifier
II A 99  CAR
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