| Title | Cultural Amnesia, Cultural Nostalgia and False Memory: Africa's Identity Crisis Revisited |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | Submitted |
| Authors | Ali A. Mazrui |
| Journal | African Philosophy |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 87-98 |
| ISSN | 13696823 |
| Abstract | Examines the role of collective memory in its four functions of preservation, selection, elimination and invention. Focus on Africa's identity crisis; Creation of nostalgia through positive preservation of memory; Partial suppression of unwanted past; Consolidation of historical invention into a false memory; Use of metaphor of child abuse for understanding imperialism. |
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| DOI | 10.1080/13696820050123509 |
| Short Title | Cultural Amnesia, Cultural Nostalgia and False Memory |