Articles · Vol. 33 No. 1 (2008): Africa Development: Special Issue The Politics of Knowledge Production in Africa - Nurturing the Fourth Generation

Introduction

  • Godwin R. Murunga
    Godwin R. Murunga Kenya University, Nairobi, Kenya Their articles →
  • Souleymane Bachir Diagne
    Souleymane Bachir Diagne Professor of French and Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, USA Their articles →
Vol. 33 · 2008 No. 1 Africa Development: Special Issue The Politics of Knowledge Production in Africa - Nurturing the Fourth Generation AD

Abstract

This introductory article explains the origins of this special issue initiative in the work of a select number of African graduate students in the US. It locates the different articles included in the volume in the general framework of debates about the imbalances in knowledge production on Africa between the global North and South. It highlights the issue of the role which the fourth generation of African scholars is to play in these politics. It concludes by summarising the contributions to this topic of the various articles included in this special issue.

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References

  1. Bates, R. H., et al., 1993, Africa and the Disciplines: The Contributions of Research in Africa to the Social Sciences and Humanities, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  2. Mkandawire, T., 1995, ‘Three Generations of African Scholars: A Note’, in CODESRIA Bulletin, no. 2.

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