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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| Veröffentlicht in: | The International journal of African historical studies Jg. 46; H. 2; S. 181 - 203 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Boston, MA
Boston University African Studies Center
01.01.2013
African Studies Center Boston University |
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| ISSN: | 0361-7882, 2326-3016 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| ISSN: | 0361-7882 2326-3016 |