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Radio 4,05 Dec 1979,30 mins

SeriesAli Mazrui - The African Condition

Patterns of Identity

The Reith Lectures

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Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ali Mazrui, explores Africa's lack of cohesion in his fifth Reith lecture from his series entitled 'The African Condition'. In this lecture entitled 'Patterns of Identity', Professor Ali Mazrui argues that an understanding of the size and fragmentation of Africa is essential in diagnosing the nature of its aches and pains.

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