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The Challenge of Africa de K. A. Busia

The Challenge of Africa: K. A. Busia on Africa

Autor K. A. Busia
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 2025
In the mid-20th century, the challenges raised by Africa’s emergence into the modern world touched on every aspect of national and international life. In this title, first published in 1962, the foremost African sociologist of the time offers a constructive, humanitarian, and democratic approach to the problems Africa faced in this search.
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ISBN-13: 9781032248516
ISBN-10: 1032248513
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Editura: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Seria K. A. Busia on Africa

Cuprins

A Note on K. A. Busia on Africa: An Anniversary Set.  New Introduction. Preface.  Part I: The Challenge of Culture  1. Introduction  2. Treatment of the Sick and Funeral Rites in Akan Culture  3. Akan Values and the Wider Context of African Cultures  Part II: The Challenge of Colonial Experience  4. The Invasion of Technology  5. The Impact of European Government and Administration  6. The Challenge of Education  Part III: The Challenge of Common Humanity and Morality  7. This Dark Skin  8. The Challenge of Morality  Part IV: The Challenge of Responsible Emancipation  9. Whither Development?  10. African Cultures and the Challenge of Industrialization  11. The Challenge of Nationalism.

Notă biografică

At the time of original publication K. A. Busia had published a number of specialized works on Africa; this was his first volume addressed to the general reader. A former member of the Ghanaian legislature and leader of the parliamentary opposition, he had been in voluntary exile from his native land since 1959. He was Visiting Professor of Sociology at El Colegio de Mexico in 1962.