TY - BOOK AU - Abebe Zegeye. AU - Vambe,Maurice Taonezvi TI - Close to the sources: essays on contemporary African culture, politics, and academy T2 - Routledge African studies SN - 9780415895958 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Cabral, Amílcar, KW - Postcolonialism KW - Africa KW - Education KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - African literature KW - History and criticism KW - Civilization KW - Politics and government KW - 1960- KW - Intellectual life N1 - "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso; "First published in paperback 2009 by Unisa Press, University of South Africa"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index; Introduction: The assault on African cultures -- Notes on theorising Black diaspora in Africa -- On the postcolony and the vulgarisation of political criticism -- Rethinking the epistemic conditions of genocide in Africa -- African indigenous knowledge systems -- Knowledge production and publishing in Africa -- Amilcar Cabral : national liberation as the basis of Africa's renaissances -- Amilcar Cabral and the fortunes of African literature -- Perspectives on Africanising educational curricula in Africa -- Voices from the fringes : some reflections on postcolonial South African writings ER -