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Perspectives on Africa

Paperback • 2004 • English

Perspectives on Africa: A reader in culture, history & representation

By Roy Richard, Christopher B.

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Perspectives on Africa brings key works in African studies to a wide range of readers. Forty-four articles have been selected either because they have proved to be classic and influential, or because of their significance to the current development of the field. Review "Here is an excellent anthology that illustrates magnificently processes of Africa's invention, the complexity of her cultures, the paradoxes and predicament of discourses that claim to render her being." V. Y. Mudimbe Stanford Un...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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9781557866868

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Perspectives on Africa

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Paperback

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