Winning struggle to reestablish African culture alongside the economic revolution

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Title
Winning struggle to reestablish African culture alongside the economic revolution
Excerpt
"Although economic considerations now outweigh most others in the minds of most African people and their leaders in their quest for national images, there is in Nigeria, as in many other African countries, a growing cultural awareness in the face of the political turmoil that plagues most of the continent....Haunted by the knowledge that these ancient kingdoms [of Africa] had well-developed cultural and political organizations of their own, today's African countries are at the crossroads...The dilemma of most African countries is to find that way forward which involves a marriage between economics, culture and politics..."
Bibliographic Citation
"Winning struggle to reestablish African culture alongside the economic revolution (1972-10-09)", The Times, 1972-10-09, p. VIII.
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News Item Type
Critical Article
Publisher
The Times
Date
1972-10-09
Identifier
apdp.news.000129
People referenced
Mobutu, Joseph-Désiré 'Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga'
Azikiwe, Nnamdi
Enahoro, Anthony Eromosele
Nkrumah, Kwame
Senghor, Léopold Sédar
Okigbo, Christopher