African studies in the academy : the cornucopia of theory, praxis and transformation in Africa?
Africa
Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
2017
EISBN 9956763578
Africa's past and present predicaments : reflections on African studies in the 21st century / Munyaradzi Mawere & Tapuwa R. Mubaya.
The coming-of-age of super-colonialism / Gertjan van Stam.
African indigenous belief systems on the crossroads : the tsikamutanda and witchcraft-related disputes in the 21st century Zimbabwe / Fidelis P.T. Duri.
Climate change and environmental degradation : implication for agriculture, food security and poverty in southern Africa / Munyaradzi Mawere & Marshall Madambura.
Reinventing nhimbe : the deployment of indigenous knowledge systems in partnerships for development / Conrad Chibango.
Entrepreneurship, social capital and community development in Zimbabwe's Buhera District : a faith-based reflection / Bernard Pindukai Humbe & Chenjerai Muwaniki.
Zimbabwe land tenure impact on development and justice delivery / Dube Edmore.
‘The tarnished jewel?' Post- independent Zimbabwe tag under the reign of Robert Gabriel Mugabe / Ephraim Matanda & Nyasha Madzokere.
Climate change, gender and development in Africa / Marshal Madambura & Munyaradzi Mawere.
Election management bodies (EMBs) in Nigeria and the question of independence / Johnson O. Olaniyi.
Oratio : a framing of knowledge in the context of technology and academia / Munyaradzi Mawere & Gertjan van Stam.
Africa, the diasporan community and super-colonialism / Bankie F. Bankie & Munyaradzi Mawere.
For a long time, African Studies as a discipline has been spearheaded by academics and institutions in the Global North. This puts African Studies on the continent at a crossroads of making choices on whether such a discipline can be legitimately accepted as an epistemological discipline seeking objectivity and truth about Africa and the African peoples or a discipline meant to perpetuate the North's hegemonic socio-economic, political and epistemic control over Africa. The compound question that immediately arises is: Who should produce what and which space should African Studies occupy in the academy both of the North and of the South? Confronted by such a question, one wonders whether the existence of African Studies Centres in the Global North academies open opportunities for critical thinking on Africa or it opens possibilities for the emergence of the same discipline in Africa as a fertile space for trans-disciplinary debate. While approaches critical for the development of African Studies are pervasive in African universities through fields such as cultural studies, social anthropology, history, sociology, indigenous knowledge studies and African philosophy, the discipline of African Studies though critical to Africa is rarely practised as such in the African academy and its future on the continent remains bleak. African Studies in the Academy is a testimony that if honestly and objectively practised, the crossroads position of African Studies as a discipline makes it a fertile ground for generating and testing new approaches critical for researching and understanding Africa. It also challenges Africa to seriously consider assuming its legitimate position to champion African Studies from within. These issues are at the heart of the present volume.
The coming-of-age of super-colonialism / Gertjan van Stam.
African indigenous belief systems on the crossroads : the tsikamutanda and witchcraft-related disputes in the 21st century Zimbabwe / Fidelis P.T. Duri.
Climate change and environmental degradation : implication for agriculture, food security and poverty in southern Africa / Munyaradzi Mawere & Marshall Madambura.
Reinventing nhimbe : the deployment of indigenous knowledge systems in partnerships for development / Conrad Chibango.
Entrepreneurship, social capital and community development in Zimbabwe's Buhera District : a faith-based reflection / Bernard Pindukai Humbe & Chenjerai Muwaniki.
Zimbabwe land tenure impact on development and justice delivery / Dube Edmore.
‘The tarnished jewel?' Post- independent Zimbabwe tag under the reign of Robert Gabriel Mugabe / Ephraim Matanda & Nyasha Madzokere.
Climate change, gender and development in Africa / Marshal Madambura & Munyaradzi Mawere.
Election management bodies (EMBs) in Nigeria and the question of independence / Johnson O. Olaniyi.
Oratio : a framing of knowledge in the context of technology and academia / Munyaradzi Mawere & Gertjan van Stam.
Africa, the diasporan community and super-colonialism / Bankie F. Bankie & Munyaradzi Mawere.
For a long time, African Studies as a discipline has been spearheaded by academics and institutions in the Global North. This puts African Studies on the continent at a crossroads of making choices on whether such a discipline can be legitimately accepted as an epistemological discipline seeking objectivity and truth about Africa and the African peoples or a discipline meant to perpetuate the North's hegemonic socio-economic, political and epistemic control over Africa. The compound question that immediately arises is: Who should produce what and which space should African Studies occupy in the academy both of the North and of the South? Confronted by such a question, one wonders whether the existence of African Studies Centres in the Global North academies open opportunities for critical thinking on Africa or it opens possibilities for the emergence of the same discipline in Africa as a fertile space for trans-disciplinary debate. While approaches critical for the development of African Studies are pervasive in African universities through fields such as cultural studies, social anthropology, history, sociology, indigenous knowledge studies and African philosophy, the discipline of African Studies though critical to Africa is rarely practised as such in the African academy and its future on the continent remains bleak. African Studies in the Academy is a testimony that if honestly and objectively practised, the crossroads position of African Studies as a discipline makes it a fertile ground for generating and testing new approaches critical for researching and understanding Africa. It also challenges Africa to seriously consider assuming its legitimate position to champion African Studies from within. These issues are at the heart of the present volume.
