Public Intellectuals and the Politics of Global Africa

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Public Intellectuals and the Politics of Global Africa is written by Seifudein Adem and published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1912234858 (ISBN 10) and 9781912234851 (ISBN 13).

Ali Mazrui has been described as one of the most original thinkers that Africa has produced, and one of the top 100 living public intellectuals in the world today. This volume uses Mazrui's life and work as a guide towards explaining the historical impact of black public intellectuals such as Julius K. Nyerere, Patrice Lumumba and Barrack Obama. The book explores not only politics and academics, but also religion, gender, class and civil-military relations, bringing together into the black experience both Plato's concept of the "e;philosopher King"e; and V.I. Lenin's notion of the 'intelligentsia'