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The Pan-African Initiative in the Americas

Culture, Common Struggle and the Odu Ifa

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ID20057570
AuthorsMaulana Karenga (corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages156-172
Publication date2018-12-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRace and Democracy in the Americas (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315127927-13
OpenAlexW2904897112
ISBN9781315127927
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This chapter argues that cultural recovery, cultural grounding and ongoing struggle around issues of common concern are the rock on which the pan-African initiative stands or is shattered, and the raft on which it sinks or sails with a strong wind. In fact, one of the ways Europe has maintained its monopoly on power has been to monopolize knowledge. It is for this reason it has refused to transfer technology and why it structured underdevelopment in Africa, Latin America, Native America and Asia. In fact, culture can be both an instrument of liberation and development as well as domination, depending on the level of political consciousness and activity it cultivates or constrains. The Odu Ifa , the sacred text of the spiritual and ethical tradition of Ifa, is clearly one of the great sacred texts of the world and a classic of African and world literature

Geography · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Globalization and Cultural Identity · International Development and Aid

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,13
Citation span2018 - 2018 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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