Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

Boydell & Brewer

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

1 Introduction

© 2003, Boydell and Brewer

© 2003, Boydell and Brewer

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. 2 Making Sense of the Western Encounter 20
  7. 3 Cultural Identity and Development 49
  8. 4 Political Economy and the Culture of Underdevelopment 71
  9. 5 The Culture of Politics 97
  10. 6 Ethnic Nationalism 128
  11. 7 Islam, Religious Identity, and Politics 166
  12. 8 Traditional Religions in Modern Africa 202
  13. 9 English or Englishes? The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics 224
  14. 10 Gender and Culture in Old and New Africa 250
  15. 11 Africa, the Homeland: Diasporic Cultures 274
  16. Bibliography 306
  17. Index 341
The Power of African Cultures
This chapter is in the book The Power of African Cultures
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781580466189-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. 2 Making Sense of the Western Encounter 20
  7. 3 Cultural Identity and Development 49
  8. 4 Political Economy and the Culture of Underdevelopment 71
  9. 5 The Culture of Politics 97
  10. 6 Ethnic Nationalism 128
  11. 7 Islam, Religious Identity, and Politics 166
  12. 8 Traditional Religions in Modern Africa 202
  13. 9 English or Englishes? The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics 224
  14. 10 Gender and Culture in Old and New Africa 250
  15. 11 Africa, the Homeland: Diasporic Cultures 274
  16. Bibliography 306
  17. Index 341
Downloaded on 9.5.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781580466189-003/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button