Main content

Patterns of Identity

Professor Ali Mazrui argues in his fifth Reith Lecture that an understanding of the size and fragmentation of Africa is essential in diagnosing the nature of its aches and pains.

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.

Available now

30 minutes

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Dec 1979 09:00

Featured in...

New to the Reith Lectures? Here’s where to start

Four lectures recommended by the series producer.

Podcast