This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of African studies in the new millennium. It details new trends, approaches, and theoretical frameworks that have the potential to shape the future of the discipline. Curated by the up-and-coming scholar Eric Tsimi in collaboration with the distinguished anthropologist Andrea Behrends and field-leading decolonial theorist Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, this collection explores methods and approaches being developed across the humanities and social sciences for decolonizing knowledge, facilitating knowledge transfer, and addressing perceived gaps between theory and practical emergencies.
For its broad coverage of a broad interdisciplinary field, as well as for its in-depth insights into the latest developments within the field as a whole, Innovative Perspectives in African Studies is a must-have for researchers and students of African studies, global development, indigenous studies, and related fields and disciplines.
01 . Introduction Éric Essono Tsimi, Andrea Behrends, and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
02. Inheriting One’s Heritage: Restitution and Decolonization Seloua Luste Boulbina
03. Overcoming Epistemic Coloniality: Reappropriating Self through Indigenous Knowledge Claude Abé
04. Exploring the Interplay of Afropolitanism, Afro-Radicalism, and Afrocentricity: A Pan-African Approach from an Afrotropic Standpoint Mathias Éric Owona Nguini
05. Racialization of the Arabic Language Through the Francophone Lens of Sansal Sana Alaya Seghair
06. On the Entrapment of Francophone Africa Éric Essono Tsimi
07. Decolonizing the Training Curricula in Social Sciences in Cameroon Estelle Kouokam
08. Provisional Notes on Africa’s Political Epistemology Pélagie Chantal Belomo Essono
09. The Motion of Memory: Cinema as Re-enactment in Postcolonial Healing Jean-Pierre Bekolo
10. Reimagining African Scholarship: Epistemic Freedom, Decoloniality, and Transnational Perspectives Éric Essono Tsimi and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
11. A Conversation with Andrea Behrends on Travelling Models, Resource Management, and African Transformations Éric Essono Tsimi and Andrea Behrends
12. Decolonial Currents and Mystical Traditions Brice Molo, Peter Geschiere, and Florence Bernault
13. Afterword Amber Murrey
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