Introduction: African identity and the postcolonial

• The purpose of this introductory chapter is to provide a brief background to one of the contexts in which the question of African identity must be situated—the postcolonial. The question of African identity and what constitutes “the African”—in philosophy, culture and arts etc.—cannot be understood outside the history of western colonialism. As K.A. Appiah puts it: “a specifically African identity began as the product of a European gaze.”

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)

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cultural identity

Africa

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