Postcolonial Identities in Africa by Richard Werbner

Postcolonial Identities in Africa by Richard Werbner

Making a break with conventional wisdom in post-colonial discourse, this book explores contemporary African identities in transition.

"An excellent contribution to the growing body of literature on postcolonial Africa.. should prove to have lasting influence, among all those with an interest in postcolonial encounters." American Ethnologist, Volume 25, No 1, February 1998 "A fascinating range of approaches to debates surrounding issues of identity in African studies... extremely thorough, insightful and thought-provoking." Contemporary Politics, Volume 3, No 4, 1997 "Both [editors] have for a long period been active in constructing African Studies as an interdisciplinary research area. The high quality of the contributions to the volume is a witness to the fruitfulness of their endeavours." - The European Journal of Development Research

Richard Werbner is Professor of African Anthropology and Director of the International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (ICCR) at the University of Manchester. Among his books are Ritual Passage, Sacred Journey (1989), and Tears of the Dead (1991), for which he received the Amaury Talbot Prize of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is coeditor-in-chief of Social Analysis and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Southern African Studies, Cultural Dynamics, Journal of Legal Pluralism, and Journal of Religion in Africa. He is also Series Editor of Postcolonial Encounters, a Zed Books series in association with the ICCR, Universities of Manchester and Keele. His distinguished career has included visiting appointments at a number of universities in Africa and North America.

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ISBN 13	9781856494168
ISBN 10	1856494160
Title	Postcolonial Identities in Africa
Author	Richard Werbner
Series	Postcolonial Encounters
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1996-09-26
Number of pages	304
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