| Sounds of Sirens: Essays in African Politics & Culture Contributor(s): Okoampa-Ahoofe, Kwame, Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595326781 ISBN-13: 9780595326785 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: "Sounds of Sirens: Essays in African Politics & Culture critically examines the political and cultural landscape of the putatively primal continent since the advent of the post-colonial era. It is a scholarly but non-academic critique, thus rendering its contents readily accessible to the general reader. In the final analysis, Okoampa-Ahoofe concludes that there is an urgent need for altruistic and constructive leadership on the continent, in order to promptly lift Africa out of the raging morass of abject materialism and crass corruption in official circles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.34" W x 9.04" (0.51 lbs) 148 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
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| Publisher Description: Sounds of Sirens: Essays in African Politics & Culture critically examines the political and cultural landscape of the putatively primal continent since the advent of the post-colonial era. It is a scholarly but non-academic critique, thus rendering its contents readily accessible to the general reader. In the final analysis, Okoampa-Ahoofe concludes that there is an urgent need for altruistic and constructive leadership on the continent, in order to promptly lift Africa out of the raging morass of abject materialism and crass corruption in official circles. |