Title:	Africanizing Knowledge: African Studies Across the Disciplines
Authors:	Toyin, Falola Christian, Jennings
Keywords:	Africa—Historiography
Issue Date:	2002
Publisher:	Transaction
Description:	This book is intended to encourage scholars to consider ways by which African studies might become "more African." The proposition itself is hardly new. As E. S. Atieno-Odhiambo points out in this volume, Terence Ranger questioned, nearly four decades ago, to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns taken from western historiography were sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. During the past few decades, such introspective questions have faded into the background as Africanist scholarship has blossomed and branched out in every direction. The old questions still haunt us, no doubt. For example, scholars of Africa often lament the fact that the most prestigious sites of production for African studies remain outside Africa itself. The best solution to this problem, naturally, would be the flowering of institutions of higher learning within Africa, drawing back to the continent not only the best Africanist scholars, but also the financial resources to fund research, to publish books and journals, and to sponsor institutes and conferences. But given the circumstances of unequal wealth and political influence between African nations and their western counterparts, we must concede that this development will be a long time in coming
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/9699
ISBN:	0-7658-0138-8
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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