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The politics of development in Africa have always been central concerns of the continent's literature. Yet ideas about the best way to achieve this development,

This book explores what constitutes contemporary African social and political philosophy with regard to its meaning, aims, sources, and relevance for today’s

African philosophy has for long been rejected on the basis that it is not known, or has not been written down. Behind this view is the idealist presumption that

The influence of colonialism and race on the development of African literature has been the subject of a number of studies. The effect of patriarchy and gender,