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100 1  Soyinka, Wole. 
245 10 Of Africa /|cWole Soyinka. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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505 0  Past into present. The dark continent? : or beholder's 
       cataract? ; Children of Herodotus ; Fictioning of the 
       fourth dimension ; The tree of forgetfulness : alive and 
       well in Darfur -- Body and soul. A choice of chains ; Not 
       a "way of life," but a guide to existence ; The 
       spirituality of a continent ; Thus spake Orunmila : Africa
       as arbitrating voice. 
520    A member of the unique generation of African writers and 
       intellectuals who came of age in the last days of 
       colonialism, the author has witnessed the promise of 
       independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He 
       deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, 
       as an irrepressible essayist and a staunch critic of the 
       oppressive boot, he unhesitatingly speaks out. In this 
       work, he offers a wide-ranging inquiry into Africa's 
       culture, religion, history, imagination, and identity. He 
       seeks to understand how the continent's history is 
       entwined with the histories of others, while exploring 
       Africa's truest assets: "its humanity, the quality and 
       valuation of its own existence, and modes of managing its 
       environment, both physical and intangible (which includes 
       the spiritual)." Fully grasping the extent of Africa's 
       most challenging issues, he nevertheless refuses 
       defeatism. In this work he analyzes problems ranging from 
       the meaning of the past to the threat of theocracy. He 
       asks hard questions about racial attitudes, inter-ethnic 
       and religious violence, the viability of nations whose 
       boundaries were laid out by outsiders, African identity on
       the continent and among displaced Africans, and more. His 
       exploration of Africa relocates the continent in the 
       reader's imagination and maps a course toward an African 
       future of peace and affirmation. 
588 0  Print version record. 
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650  0 Postcolonialism|xSocial aspects|zAfrica. 
650  0 Democratization|zAfrica. 
650  7 HISTORY|zAfrica|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Civilization.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00862898 
650  7 Democratization.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00890123 
650  7 Postcolonialism|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01982445
651  0 Africa|xHistory. 
651  0 Africa|xCivilization. 
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655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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