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Dissidence and the African Writer: Commitment or Dependency?

The underlying logic of African struggle for independence from European1 rule and subsequently from neo-colonialism in all its manifestations was (and is) that European intrusion into African life was inhumane and disruptive. European enslavement of Africans bespoke a denial of African humanity, and European colonization of continent denied Africans right to follow developmental course charted by their past experiences as most consistent with their values and aspirations; it pointed them instead along courses dictated by European selfinterest. The same logic indicates that successful struggle …