Multiple Perspectives: The Dilemma of the African Intellectual in the Modern World.

Obiechina, Emmanuel

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Publication Date: 1992

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Multiple Perspectives: The Dilemma of the African Intellectual in the Modern World.

Obiechina, Emmanuel

Liberal Education, v78 n2 p16-21 Mar-Apr 1992

The African is confronted with a number of challenges to intellectual development: colonial nonrecognition of other cultures; establishment of a non-Western self in the context of Western ideas and schooling; Eurocentrism; explosion of knowledge; and personal commitment in the face of societal expectations. Accomplishments of several African intellectuals are noted. (MSE)

Descriptors: African Culture, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict, Expectation, Intellectual Development, Non Western Civilization, Scholarship, Western Civilization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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