“The idea of identity usually comes into the focus of earnest discussion when there is a crisis of self-identity. In Africa the crisis has been the after-effect of our previous subjection to colonisation. Colonialism subjugated our people both culturally and politically. It is true that independence brought us some gains. But still our achievements in the decolonisation of various aspects of our life leave much to be desired. We need to examine or re-examine those aspects to find out which bespeak undue influences of the colonial past.”
