50 Years of Independence: Reflections on the Role of Publishing and Progressive African Intellectuals

Walter Bgoya, Walter Bgoya
2014 Africa Spectrum Bgoya   unpublished
In this contribution, the role of progressive African intellectuals fifty years after independence in the context of African postcolonial, political and socioeconomic conditions is examined. African intellectuals have been marginalized by the African state, and progressive intellectuals have been disunited in their struggle for relevance. The possibilities for African intellectual autonomy and international solidarity are shown through a recollection of the flourishing intellectual environment
more » ... nd local publishing output of post-independence Tanzania. The end of that era and the demise of publishing, including in African languages, has negatively impacted African economic and intellectual emancipation and can only be addressed by international solidarity among progressive intellectuals. " Manuscript
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