The Challenges Faced by Contemporary Pan-African Intelligentsia in the Re-building of Africa
A Nkrumahist Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10830100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ezekiel S Mkhwanazi |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 153 |
| Pages | 144-164 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0495-4548 • E-ISSN: 2171-679X |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/th.2017.6415309 |
| OpenAlex | W2796868034 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The African intelligentsia played a pivotal role in the anti-colonial and anti-apartheid struggle in Africa. Not only did it provide intellectual resources to the political struggle leaders but also took active part in the political leadership. Since independence, this role has diminished tremendously, as some of the intelligentsia are ‘silenced’ and others become ‘captured’ by the newly independent states. As a result, a wedge is driven between the intelligentsia and the political leadership. However, given that there is a deficit in efforts to reconstruct Africa, the pan-African intelligentsia are called upon to reinvigorate and reposition themselves to assist in developing organisations and institutions to serve African people worldwide. This call challenges them to take a creative, innovative role in the reconstructive task of Africa, thereby bidding farewell to intellectual isolationism. The article draws from Kwame Nkrumah’s ideas, thereby affirming the relevance of his political ideas in contemporary Africa
Foreign policy · Independence (probability theory · Intelligentsia · Isolationism · Kwame · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |