"This book constitutes a valuable, because so rare, exploration of the complex interface between African intellectuals and society, state and politics in the context of fundamental new departures like the restoration of multi-party politics, new economic horizons like NEPAD, and a renewed awareness of the need for Pan African cooperation."--Jacket.

Papers originally presented at a conference held in Dakar, Dec. 2003.

African intellectuals and nationalism /Thandika Mkandawire -- Pan-Africanism and the intellectuals : rise, decline and revival / Ali A. Mazrui -- African intellectuals, nationalism and pan-Africanism : a testimony / Joseph Ki-Zerbo -- Gender studies for Africa's transformation / Amina Mama -- The character and formation of intellectuals within the ANC-led South African liberation movement / Raymond Suttner -- Europhone or African memory : the challenge of the pan-Africanist intellectual in the era of globalization / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- The language question and national development in Africa / Beban Sammy Chumbow -- Historians, nationalism and pan-Africanism : myths and realities / Hannington Ochwada -- The academic diaspora and knowledge production in and on Africa : what role for CODESRIA? / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.