His Master's Voice Mass Communication and Single-Party Politics in Guinea under Sékou Touré |
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| Author:
| Camara, Mohamed Saliou |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59221-306-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | Africa World Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
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His Master's Voice refutes the simplistic pattern of condescending criticism versus a complacent justification which often transpires from the debate on post-colonial Africa's general departure from political pluralism toward autocracy under single-party regimes. Hence, it places the debate in the historical context of statecraft and nation-building, whereby the line between pre-colonial heritage, colonial legacy and post-colonial innovations - against all appearances - has chiefly...
More DescriptionHis Master's Voice refutes the simplistic pattern of condescending criticism versus a complacent justification which often transpires from the debate on post-colonial Africa's general departure from political pluralism toward autocracy under single-party regimes. Hence, it places the debate in the historical context of statecraft and nation-building, whereby the line between pre-colonial heritage, colonial legacy and post-colonial innovations - against all appearances - has chiefly been a thin one.