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The Power of African Cultures (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) by Toyin Falola is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Power of African Cultures (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) about?
This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the consequences of the imposition of Western rule to the current struggles to define national identities in the context of neo-liberal economic policies and globalization. The book argues that it is against the backdrop of foreign influences that Africa has defined for itself notions of identity and development. African cultures have been evolving in response to change, and in other ways solidly rooted in a shared past. The book successfully deconstructs the last one hundred and fifty years of cultures that have been disrupted, replaced and resurrected. The Power of African Cultures challenges many preconceived notions, such as male dominance and female submission, the supposed unity of ethnic groups, and contemporary Western stereotypes of Africans.The book shows the dynamism of African cultures to adapt to foreign imposition. Even as colonial rule forced the adoption of foreign institutions and cultures, African cultures appropriated these elements. Traditions were reworked, symbols redefined, and the past situated in contemporary problems in order to accommodate the modern era.The book illustrates the intersection between
Who reads The Power of African Cultures (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Toyin Falola
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781580461399
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Science, History
