Author: Bridgette Kasuka
Publisher: African Books
ISBN: 1481826468
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.
Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer
Author: Bridgette Kasuka
Publisher: African Books
ISBN: 1481826468
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.
Publisher: African Books
ISBN: 1481826468
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.
Godfrey Mwakikagile: Biography of an Africanist
Author: David Kyoso
Publisher: Intercontinental Books
ISBN: 1981731504
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is a collection of biographical accounts and other writings about Godfrey Mwakikagile, a writer from Tanzania and specialist in African studies. Included are some autobiographical accounts. The work complements his autobiographical writings to provide a broader perspective on him and his contribution to the study of post-colonial Africa.
Publisher: Intercontinental Books
ISBN: 1981731504
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is a collection of biographical accounts and other writings about Godfrey Mwakikagile, a writer from Tanzania and specialist in African studies. Included are some autobiographical accounts. The work complements his autobiographical writings to provide a broader perspective on him and his contribution to the study of post-colonial Africa.
Tanzanian Writers and Their Country
Author: Bridgette Kasuka, Editor
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300693231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300693231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Namibia
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987160441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The author looks at how Namibia was founded as a German colony known as Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German South-West Africa) and how it evolved into a nation. He explains how it was founded on brutal suppression of the indigenous people, including extermination of large numbers of some groups, and how, on becoming a colony of South Africa, its people continued to be subjected to brutal treatment by the white minority rulers who denied them racial equality. The author also focuses on the liberation struggle against apartheid and how the country won independence from apartheid South Africa. He also looks at how the leaders of the new nation are trying to build the country and construct a national identity on the basis of unity in diversity. It is an analysis of identity formation at the national level, and consolidation of the state, whose relevance is continental in scope: studies of other African countries in their quest for unity and construction – or reconstruction – of their national identities during the post-colonial era can benefit from this work. It is also a work of comparative analysis in terms of nationhood in the African context and how Namibia and Tanzania – two case studies – have sought to construct their national identities, the obstacles they have faced and continue to face in the quest for national unity, especially in the case of Namibia, and why Tanzania has been more successful than most countries on the continent in building a cohesive society where tribalism is virtually non-existent, enabling it to consolidate its unity and national identity. The author also looks at the concept of national character and its relevance to national identity formation and why the national identities of different African countries are weak and what can be done to address the problem. It is also an introductory text which may be helpful to some people who are going to Namibia for the first time although it is essentially a scholarly work intended for members of the academic community and specialists in some fields dealing with this southwest African country and its people. But members of the general public who want to learn more about Namibia may also find the book to be useful.
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987160441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The author looks at how Namibia was founded as a German colony known as Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German South-West Africa) and how it evolved into a nation. He explains how it was founded on brutal suppression of the indigenous people, including extermination of large numbers of some groups, and how, on becoming a colony of South Africa, its people continued to be subjected to brutal treatment by the white minority rulers who denied them racial equality. The author also focuses on the liberation struggle against apartheid and how the country won independence from apartheid South Africa. He also looks at how the leaders of the new nation are trying to build the country and construct a national identity on the basis of unity in diversity. It is an analysis of identity formation at the national level, and consolidation of the state, whose relevance is continental in scope: studies of other African countries in their quest for unity and construction – or reconstruction – of their national identities during the post-colonial era can benefit from this work. It is also a work of comparative analysis in terms of nationhood in the African context and how Namibia and Tanzania – two case studies – have sought to construct their national identities, the obstacles they have faced and continue to face in the quest for national unity, especially in the case of Namibia, and why Tanzania has been more successful than most countries on the continent in building a cohesive society where tribalism is virtually non-existent, enabling it to consolidate its unity and national identity. The author also looks at the concept of national character and its relevance to national identity formation and why the national identities of different African countries are weak and what can be done to address the problem. It is also an introductory text which may be helpful to some people who are going to Namibia for the first time although it is essentially a scholarly work intended for members of the academic community and specialists in some fields dealing with this southwest African country and its people. But members of the general public who want to learn more about Namibia may also find the book to be useful.
My Life as an African
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 144861256X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 144861256X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.
Africa is in a Mess
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 0980253470
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This is a revised and updated edition in which the author examines the problems of post-colonial Africa. He contends that the problems have existed since independence in the sixties and have been made worse through the years by a combination of factors. It is a blunt assessment and prescribes some solutions to Africa's problems focusing on internal factors but without exonerating external forces from what has happened on the continent through the decades.
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 0980253470
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This is a revised and updated edition in which the author examines the problems of post-colonial Africa. He contends that the problems have existed since independence in the sixties and have been made worse through the years by a combination of factors. It is a blunt assessment and prescribes some solutions to Africa's problems focusing on internal factors but without exonerating external forces from what has happened on the continent through the decades.
Tanzania Under Mwalimu Nyerere
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: Fultus Publishing
ISBN: 9781596820050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Category: NonFiction/Politics/Political Sciences/Government leader of Tanganyika, and later Tanzania, and examines his policies in the domestic arena, including the Arusha Declaration and ujamaa, or familyhood, what has also been described as African socialism. for independence, including the trial of Julius Nyerere who was accused and convicted of libel by the British colonial government. during that period and his role in the African liberation struggle are among the subjects addressed in this work by the author who observed, first-hand, many of the events he has written about in his native country of Tanzania. For example, he recalls when President Nyerere asked publicly who elected the IMF to be the ministry of finance for every country in the world, when the world financial institution tried to force the president to accept terms he didn't like. under Nyerere's stewardship after the founding father of the nation stepped down from the presidency and attempts to see where the country is headed without Mwalimu Nyerere on the scene. but has lived most of his life in the United States. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He also attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids in the same state.
Publisher: Fultus Publishing
ISBN: 9781596820050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Category: NonFiction/Politics/Political Sciences/Government leader of Tanganyika, and later Tanzania, and examines his policies in the domestic arena, including the Arusha Declaration and ujamaa, or familyhood, what has also been described as African socialism. for independence, including the trial of Julius Nyerere who was accused and convicted of libel by the British colonial government. during that period and his role in the African liberation struggle are among the subjects addressed in this work by the author who observed, first-hand, many of the events he has written about in his native country of Tanzania. For example, he recalls when President Nyerere asked publicly who elected the IMF to be the ministry of finance for every country in the world, when the world financial institution tried to force the president to accept terms he didn't like. under Nyerere's stewardship after the founding father of the nation stepped down from the presidency and attempts to see where the country is headed without Mwalimu Nyerere on the scene. but has lived most of his life in the United States. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He also attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids in the same state.
My Life as an African
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987160050
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987160050
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.
African Writers
Author: Bridgette Kasuka
Publisher: African Books
ISBN: 998716028X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This work looks at some African writers, including those who are not well-known, to show the potential and diversity in the works produced by Africans. Included is a profile of Chinua Achebe and commentaries on his works soon after he passed away.
Publisher: African Books
ISBN: 998716028X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This work looks at some African writers, including those who are not well-known, to show the potential and diversity in the works produced by Africans. Included is a profile of Chinua Achebe and commentaries on his works soon after he passed away.
Uganda
Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987930891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A general introduction describing the land and people of Uganda. Includes the geography, history, different cultures and ethnic groups.
Publisher: New Africa Press
ISBN: 9987930891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A general introduction describing the land and people of Uganda. Includes the geography, history, different cultures and ethnic groups.