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Africa and the Africanist: The Challenge of a Terminal Colonial Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Victor C. Uchendu
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The academic career has its great obligations. It also has its privileges. It is a particularly gratifying honor to have the opportunity to address this distinguished audience of Africanists drawn from many nations. As your retiring President, this honor is compounded by the great privilege to address you on a subject of my own choosing—apparently simple and innocent enough until one thinks about what an intimidating experience it really is.

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Research Article
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African Issues , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Spring 1977 , pp. 5 - 11
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1976 

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Notes

[Author’s Note: I acknowledge, with thanks, helpful comments from Donald Crummey as this address was being edited for publication. My stubbornness in retaining the address, substantially unchanged, was not due to lack of expert advice.]

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