African Intellectuals and Decolonization

<div>Decades after independence for most African states the struggle for decolonization is still incomplete as demonstrated by the fact that Africa remains associated in many Western minds with chaos illness and disorder. African and non-African scholars alike still struggle to establish the idea of African humanity in all its diversity and to move Africa beyond its historical role as the foil to the West. As this book shows Africa's decolonization is an ongoing process across a range of fronts and intellectuals-both African and non-African-have significant roles to play in that process. The essays collected here examine issues such as representation and retrospection; the roles of intellectuals in the public sphere; and the fundamental question of how to decolonize African knowledges. African Intellectuals and Decolonization outlines ways in which intellectual practice can serve to de-link Africa from its global representation as a debased subordinated deviant and inferior entity. <b>Contributors</b><b>Lesley Cowling</b> University of the Witwatersrand <b>Nicholas M. Creary</b> University at Albany <b>Marlene De La Cruz</b> Ohio University <b>Carolyn Hamilton</b> University of Cape Town <b>George Hartley</b> Ohio University <b>Janet Hess</b> Sonoma State University <b>T. Spreelin McDonald</b> Ohio University <b>Ebenezer Adebisi Olawuyi</b> University of Ibadan <b>Steve Odero Ouma</b> University of Nairobi <b>Oyeronke Oyewumi</b> State University of New York at Stony Brook <b>Tsenay Serequeberhan</b> Morgan State University</div>