African Popular Culture and Emancipatory Politics

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"These two essays deal with the question of culture and emancipation. The essay by Cabral, written in 1972, deals with the importance of culture in a pre-independence or liberation movements. Cabral argues that "The liberation struggle which is the most complex expression of the people's cultural vigour, of its identity and of its dignity, enriches culture and opens up new prospects for its development." The second essay by Wamba dia Wamba, deals with the necessity to consider culture in the popular democratic practices of the Mbongi and the Palaver, drawing on historical traditions of the Congo. Both essays demonstrate the dialectical thinking."-- Provided by publisher