The Cultural Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa as Depicted in the African Writers’ Series

A Sociological Perspective

von Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo

210 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Africa has variously been described as the «lost Continent», a «Continent at risk», not least because of the ethnic or civil wars plaguing this continent and their concomitant genocide. Indeed, Africa has been plunged into a political and socio-economic quagmire. This state of «cultural crisis» is what this work makes its theme. Crisis as a sociological phenomenon, which in the case of the African situation – in contrast to the conventional European appraisal – is apparently far from being a transitional period, a period of «decision». This sociological analysis of «historical», African literary works is aimed at creating that self-awareness which is imperative as a curb on African identity crisis, to warrant the impetus for human development on this continent.

• Reihe: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes
• ISBN: 9783631369166
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2001
• Genre: Soziologie
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften