Decolonising the future academy in Africa and beyond: Institutional development and collaboration
Bielefeld: transcript (2025), 236 pp.
Series: Postcolonial Studies, 54
ISBN 978-3-8394-7596-6 (pdf); 978-3-8376-7596-2 (print)
CC BY-SA
"What does it mean to decolonise academia in Africa? Is this important project limited to the humanities? Is it a project for the future? Are there forerunners at African universities today? The contributors to this volume show different trajectories for anthropology as a discipline and for decolonising academia across the continent and beyond. They offer a variety of perspectives, especially regarding collaboration between African and German scholars in the areas of research, teaching and institutional development: While some are hopeful and take inspiration from earlier experiences of disciplinary and methodological developments in academic decolonisation and international collaborations, others remain critical and call for more radical attempts at decolonisation." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Towards Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and Beyond / Karim Zafer, Michaela Pelican and Michael Bollig, 9
PART 1: HISTORICAL TRAJECTORIES OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES
Dynamics of Anthropology Teaching and Practice in Cameroonian Universities (1962-2023) / Antoine Socpa and Paul Nchoji Nkwi, 29
Notes on the Institutional Development of Anthropology in Egypt, and Toward its Decolonisation / Daniele Cantini, 47
Thoughts on "Coloniality" and "Africanity": Scholarship in African Universities and African Studies in Germany / Abimbola O. Adesoji and Hans Peter Hahn, 73
PART 2: DECOLONISING THE ACADEMY - PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
"Because Rhodes Fell": Historical development, institutional contexts, and the challenges of decolonisation of South African anthropology / Heike Becker, 95
(Re)Building Epistemology or (Re)Shaping Societal Outlook: A critique of the Sudan's Islamisation of knowledge paradigm / Bakheit Mohammed Nur, 135
Towards Parity in Knowledge Production within the Framework of North-South Collaboration / Michaela Pelican and Jonathan Ngeh, 161
Doing Anthropology at Home, in Chad / Remadji Hoinathy, Djimet Seli and Andrea Behrends, 187
Decolonising the "Native", Insider and Outsider Categories in Anthropology / Souleymane Diallo and Karim Zafer, 211
PART 1: HISTORICAL TRAJECTORIES OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES
Dynamics of Anthropology Teaching and Practice in Cameroonian Universities (1962-2023) / Antoine Socpa and Paul Nchoji Nkwi, 29
Notes on the Institutional Development of Anthropology in Egypt, and Toward its Decolonisation / Daniele Cantini, 47
Thoughts on "Coloniality" and "Africanity": Scholarship in African Universities and African Studies in Germany / Abimbola O. Adesoji and Hans Peter Hahn, 73
PART 2: DECOLONISING THE ACADEMY - PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
"Because Rhodes Fell": Historical development, institutional contexts, and the challenges of decolonisation of South African anthropology / Heike Becker, 95
(Re)Building Epistemology or (Re)Shaping Societal Outlook: A critique of the Sudan's Islamisation of knowledge paradigm / Bakheit Mohammed Nur, 135
Towards Parity in Knowledge Production within the Framework of North-South Collaboration / Michaela Pelican and Jonathan Ngeh, 161
Doing Anthropology at Home, in Chad / Remadji Hoinathy, Djimet Seli and Andrea Behrends, 187
Decolonising the "Native", Insider and Outsider Categories in Anthropology / Souleymane Diallo and Karim Zafer, 211
