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The Concept of the Absurd and the Brain Drain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. K. Onuoha Chukunta
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On the surface, it would appear far-fetched to link the concept of the absurd with the brain drain. The connection, however, exists. For, the brain drain, which here will sometimes be referred to as expatriation, is the logical extension of a process that begins with alienation and which, in its extreme case, manifests itself in the form of the Camusian absurd. After all the ink has been spilt on the economic “causes” of the brain drain, the concept of the absurd may turn out to provide new insights into the phenomenon and may be the foundation on which the “causes” rest.

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Research Article
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African Issues , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , Winter 1979 , pp. 57 - 59
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1979 

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