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Title:Europe versus Africa: Hegemony versus Dependence
Author:Ugwuanyi, Ogbo
Year:2004
Periodical:Humanities Review Journal
Volume:4
Pages:61-70
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Europe
Subjects:North-South relations
culture contact
African culture
Western culture
international relations
Development and Technology
colonialism
History and Exploration
Abstract:This paper reviews the cultural relationship between Europe and Africa as it has evolved from the times of slavery through imperialism to colonialism and neocolonialism. It establishes the unproductive nature of this relationship and argues that this is arising from the culture of greed and exploitation on the one hand and dependence and weakness on the other hand. It articulates the intellectual foundation of this unproductive relationship as emanating from the wrong European concept of the universal, on the one hand, and Africa's lack of self-confidence on the other. It argues that Africa's lack of self-confidence, necessary for self-evaluation, has contributed to poor development in Africa, the result of which has been the cultural conquest of Africa. The paper proposes an alternative basis of self-worth on the part of Africa and authentic humanism on the part of Europe and argues that these are the necessary bases for a more productive relationship between Europe and Africa and the basis for promoting a genuine cultural dialogue between these two world cultures. Bibliogr., online sum. [Journal abstract]
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