Toward Cultural Independence in Africa
Some Illustrations from Nigeria and Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2594858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W July (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 119 |
| Publication date | 1983-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/524165 |
| OpenAlex | W2048173080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
To a large extent the independence movement in Africa was a movement toward westernization. If political independence had any purpose beyond its own self, African political leaders stated that it was meant to bring the fruits of economic growth and modernization, long stinted under colonial controls. All this seemed appropriate enough. Had not the West made gigantic strides, particularly in science and technology, advances that had brought steadily rising living standards, better health, housing and schools, and greater leisure with which to enjoy the many new material advantages of life? During the colonial era and before, Europeans had unceasingly assured Africans that their own culture was barbaric and dated, that was best to emulate the European as quickly as possible, to get on with the business of joining the modern world. Africans seemed to agree. At independence governments moved forward at full pace to mechanize their agriculture, to establish modern industries, to introduce all the manifestations of high technology. Among the planners and the politicians there seemed to be little hesitation. All eyes were on the future and the model was the West
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Myth, literature and the African world
Trade and politics in the Niger delta 1830-1885
Benin and the Europeans, 1485-1897
On African socialism.
Power and Diplomacy
The Wretched of the Earth
Britain and the Congo Question 1885-1913
African-Negro Aesthetics
The Artist's Credo
The Place of African History and Culture in the Process of Nation-Building in Africa South of the Sahara
Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria 1804-1906
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |