The Human Factor in Changing Africa

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The Human Factor in Changing Africa is a seminal anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that examines the role of culture and human agency in Africa’s social and economic transformation.


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instanceOf anthropological study
book
academicDiscipline cultural anthropology
author Melville J. Herskovits
countryOfFocus African countries
describes role of culture in African development
role of human agency in African development
examines impact of human decisions on African social change
interaction between traditional culture and modernization in Africa
fieldOfWork anthropology
focusesOn social and economic transformation in Africa
genre academic literature
hasAuthor Melville J. Herskovits
hasPerspective emphasis on cultural factors in development
influencedBy Melville J. Herskovits’s research on Africa
intendedAudience anthropologists
development researchers
scholars of Africa
languageOfWork English
mainSubject Africa
culture
economic transformation
human agency
social change
typeOfWork seminal study

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