DE L’IN-DEPEDANCE A L’INDEPENDANCE : QUELLE ROUTE ET QUELLES CONDITIONS ?
Symphorien Ntibagirirwa
Ethique et Société
Abstract: This editorial note analyses the concept of independence and gives a framework within which various contributions published in the present issue could be understood. It argues that African independence is never acquired once for all. Instead, it must be seen as a process of Africans’ self-transcendence. In this process, three requirements have to be fulfilled, namely: a determined and minded leadership, a new engagement of the African intellectuals and a renewed African conscience. In this framework, various articles of this issue are introduced.