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Africa's Contribution
African National Development
African Origins
African philosophy
African Rhetoric
Africa’s Contribution
Ain Shams University
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Ancient Egypt
Arming Process
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Cairo Museum
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characterological
Characterological Dimension
construction
Core Principles
Development Quagmire
development studies
Diasporic Cultural Identities
dimension
egypt
El Kholy
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ethical discourse
Fair Speech
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Kemetic Society
Maat principles
Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Pan-African Congress
postcolonial theory
ptah
Ptahhotep teachings
rhetorical
Rhetorical Construction
Rhetorical Scholarship
Rhetorical Theory
Rhetorical Traditions
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Wilson Library Bulletin
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- ISBN 9780415997713
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jun 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applying such principles to ameliorating the development malaise of the continent.
Cecil Blake is Chair of the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author or editor of many books, including Handbook of Intercultural Communication, Through the Prism of African Nationalism, and Intercultural Communication: Roots and Routes.
