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

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  • 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.

Introduction

Cet article introductif explique les origines de l’initiative de ce numéro spécial dans le travail d’un certain nombre d’étudiants africains de cycles supérieurs étudiant aux États-Unis. Il situe les différents articles inclus dans le volume dans le cadre général des débats sur les déséquilibres dans la production de connaissances sur l’Afrique entre le Nord et le Sud. Il souligne la question de savoir quel rôle est dévolu à la quatrième génération de chercheurs africains dans ces politiques, et conclut en résumant les contributions à ce sujet de divers articles inclus dans ce numéro spécial.

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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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