BETWEEN MODERNITY AND TRADITION: AFRICAN IDENTITY IN A STATE OF TRANSITION
Tradition and modernity have been most of the time treated in scholarly debates as two diametrically-opposed apparatus of African identity. This study illustrates that contrary to this widely disseminated belief, tradition and modernity are two cronies that are simultaneously counterproductive an...
Main Author: | Fouad Mami |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bucharest University Press
2011-04-01
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Series: | University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series |
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Online Access: | https://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro//wp-content/uploads/2012/08/FouadMami.pdf |
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