Kwame Nkrumah, African Studies, and the Politics of Knowledge Production in the Black Star of Africa

African studies in the North is a peripheral part of the academy, whereas the Euro-American epistemological order remains central in the African academy. Since the colonial encounter, the construction of scholarly knowledge about Africa has been internationalized both in the sense of it being an act...

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Vydané v:The International journal of African historical studies Ročník 46; číslo 2; s. 181 - 203
Hlavný autor: Allman, Jean
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Vydavateľské údaje: Boston, MA Boston University African Studies Center 01.01.2013
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Abstract African studies in the North is a peripheral part of the academy, whereas the Euro-American epistemological order remains central in the African academy. Since the colonial encounter, the construction of scholarly knowledge about Africa has been internationalized both in the sense of it being an activity involving scholars in various parts of the world and the inordinate influence of externally generated models on African scholarship.7 But was this outcome already and always inevitable?
AbstractList African studies in the North is a peripheral part of the academy, whereas the Euro-American epistemological order remains central in the African academy. Since the colonial encounter, the construction of scholarly knowledge about Africa has been internationalized both in the sense of it being an activity involving scholars in various parts of the world and the inordinate influence of externally generated models on African scholarship. But was this outcome already and always inevitable?
African studies in the North is a peripheral part of the academy, whereas the Euro-American epistemological order remains central in the African academy. Since the colonial encounter, the construction of scholarly knowledge about Africa has been internationalized both in the sense of it being an activity involving scholars in various parts of the world and the inordinate influence of externally generated models on African scholarship.7 But was this outcome already and always inevitable?
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African culture
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Colonial history
Colonialism
Coups d'etat
Educational research
Epistemology
Ethnology
General studies
Historical source materials
History
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Nkrumah, Kwame (1909-72)
Political debate
Politics
Postcolonialism
Research and teaching
Research universities
Scholarships
Social construction
Sources and methods
Studies
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Universities
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