A Clash of Cultures
In his third Reith Lecture, Professor Ali Mazrui explores the clash of Western and African cultures.
Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ali Mazru, explores the conflict between African and Western cultures in his third Reith Lecture. Delivering his third lecture from his series entitled 'The African Condition'
In this lecture entitled 'A Clash of Cultures', Professor Mazrui argues that African societies are not the closest culturally to the Western world, yet they have been undergoing what is perhaps the most rapid pace of Westernisation of the 20th century. He explains that Africans are therefore caught up between rebellion against the West and imitation of the West.
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- Wed 21 Nov 1979 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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