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For much of Africa the 20th century was overshadowed by the experience of colonial rule, with political independence arriving for most peoples only in the last fifty years. The Short Century is a broad survey of cultural life in Africa from the independence movements through the post-colonial era to the end of apartheid in 1994. Expansive, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated, this book studies achievements in all areas of the performing and fine arts, photography, literature, theater, architecture, music, and film.
The Short Century includes the works of over 50 artists from the paintings of Mancoba and Sekoto during the fifties, through the drawings and theater projects of William Kentridge up to the installations and video works of Kay Hassan and Oladele A. Bamgboye.
The great writers of the continent -- Soyinka, Senghor, and Cesaire amongst others --, Africa's filmmakers, architects and musicians, all of whom left their mark on the process of decolonialization, are studied here in depth. Renowned historians and cultural philosophers discuss the background of developments and analyse the ideological strategies employed by Western colonial powers to preserve their grip on African countries and peoples. A chapter on photojournalism supplemented by a detailed chronology of events and political movements presents the main stages of Africa's political history. A comprehensive anthology in the appendix contains some 30 historical documents, such as essays, speeches and political manifestos, shedding light on the key issues of the period.
Preface p. 7 Lenders p. 8 Foreword p. 9 The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 An Introduction p. 10 The Surreptitious Speech p. 17 Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism p. 21 Art Modern African Art p. 29 Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 p. 37 A Moment of Hope: Cultural Developments in Nigeria before the First Military Coup p. 45 Plates p. 50 Cloth/Posters Colonial Pretense and African Resistance, or Subversion Subverted: Commemorative Textiles in Sub-Saharan Africa p. 159 Plates p. 163 Photography Postcoloniality, Performance, and Photographic Portraiture p. 175 Plates p. 180 Architecture City and Citizenship p. 219 The Ambiguous Modernisms of African Cities p. 225 Architecture and Nationalism in Africa, 1945-1994 p. 234 Plates p. 246 Music Independence, Highlife, Liberation Wars: Lagos 1950s and 1960s p. 279 Plates p. 286 Theater/Literature Theater and the Performance of the Nation in Africa p. 303 The Anatomy of Resistance in South African Theater p. 308 Interview with Chinua Achebe p. 314 The Weapon of Culture: Negritude Literature and the Making of Neocolonial Africa p. 320 Plates p. 326 Film The Modernity of African Cinema p. 339 African Cinema and Decolonization p. 346 Plates p. 352 Anthology p. 364 Kwame Nkrumah p. 365 Patrice Lumumba p. 367 Sekou Toure p. 369 Kwame Anthony Appiah p. 372 Gamal Abdel Nasser p. 382 Nelson Mandela p. 382 Frantz Fanon p. 385 Amilcar Cabral p. 393 Leopold Sedar Senghor p. 396 Julius Nyerere p. 410 Alioune Diop p. 413 Rajat Neogy p. 416 Njabulo Ndebele p. 417 Jean-Paul Sartre p. 421 Aime Cesaire p. 429 Ben Enwonwu p. 434 Wole Soyinka p. 435 Jean Rouch/Ousmane Sembene p. 440 Manifestos and Resolutions p. 441 Appendix Chronology p. 462 Biographies p. 470 List of Works p. 482 Index p. 492 Acknowledgments p. 495