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African Renaissance
On the following page authors and analysts explore the long-standing African renaissance concept(s). The predominantly African authors examine certain issues like the role of values, education or economics in Africa's revival.
La Renaissance africaine selon Cheikh Anta Diop, Nasser et Nkrumah, jusqu'à Mbeki
Le débat sur la Renaissance africaine marque le début de ce millénaire. Mais il n’est pas nouveau. Dans ce texte, Boubacar Diop remonte à Cheikh Anta Diop qui l’évoquait en 1948, à Nasser qui en a été un des porte-étendard et à Nkrumah qui en a fait un des... |+| read article
In Search of an African Renaissance - An Agenda for Modernisation, Neo-Traditionalism or Africanisation?
By Ineke van Kessel, in Quest, 2001. A search for the African Renaissance, the present buzzword in South Africa, produces a wide variety of meanings. Searching the web results in several hits under Renaissance Incorporated: the African Renaissance... |+| read article
The African Renaissance and the Use of African Languages in Tertiary Education
This work by Dr. Neville Alexander deals with the social, political and economic implications of the intellectualisation of indigenous African languages and suggests a long-term, large-scale and systematic strategy for effecting this core aspect of the... |+| read article
Linguistic diversity in South Africa and the challenges of the African Renaissance
Paper presented by Dr. Neville Alexander at the South African Embassy in Berlin on the 20th November 2007. One of the main points of his presentation was: How do we assist in the decolonisation of the mind of the billions of people who are held in thrall by... |+| read article
Language, liberation and development
Is there a connection between language and the enslavement or liberty of a people and their capacity for development? In this article, Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III elucidates this question and describes the approaches of the AfricAvenir Foundation to raise... |+| read article
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