TY - BOOK ID - 78147942 TI - Africa through structuration theory - ntu PY - 2015 SN - 9956762040 9789956762040 9789956762965 9956762962 PB - Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, DB - UniCat KW - Africa KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Politics and government. KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78147942 AB - Despite all the talk about African renaissance, much of the continent is plagued by poverty and instability. To break out of that cycle, the guardians of African heritage (the old independence freedom fighters turned political leaders and their successors) and much of Afrocentric literature rightly promote African ideas and solutions for African problems. While the idea in itself is noble, the danger is for Africa to close itself off and ignore 'outside' technical and intellectual innovations that it desperately needs to advance further. Africa through Structuration Theory - ntu joins the discourse by attempting to restore intellectual freedom and convincingly defends structuration theory not only as the way forward for Africa but also as a legitimate African concept. It is innovative, refreshing and deserves to be heard across the world and appreciated especially by African graduates, current and future leaders of various African institutions or businesses, non-Africans who might hesitate to refer to such a theory when trying to understand and deal with African problems and the wider public who constitute the audience for this book. ER -