A collection of essays concerned with the unity and purpose of
human knowledge and culture in an African setting. The volume
contains Chinua Achebe's essay 'Commitment and the African Writer'
in which he discusses the development in African literature through
the poetry of Equiano, Senghor and David Diop; and compares
attitudes of African and European writers to committed literature
and commitment as disenchantment and self-criticism in the
post-colonial period. There are other notable essays on philosophy
and languages. 'Towards an African Philosophy' addresses individual
and cultural, and European and African approaches to philosophy;
and attitudes towards moral questions in an African culture; and
another contributor examines the role and status of African
languages in intellectual activity and scientific discourse. Other
subjects broached by individual writers are archaeology and the
reconstruction of African heritage; music and dance; and the
contribution of education and information to development and
urbanisation.
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