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OverviewExamines transformational moments and liberation movements in the decolonization of inherited Western academic traditions in Africa. This book explores how decolonization and decoloniality provide liberationist knowledge to question and replace the hegemony of Western knowledge systems imposed on Africa. It critically examines the silencing and exclusion of subalterns in global knowledge production and the far-reaching implications of this for pedagogy and policy. As global power is concentrated in the global north where Eurocentrism and white supremacy validate the monopoly of knowledge and its centrality and universality, African perspectives continue to be marginalized or excluded in research, creating the problem of misrepresentation of the continent. It is to this challenge that this book has responded the urgent need to eliminate the vestiges of colonialism in the academy and research methodologies. Coloniality is seen not only as a historical phenomenon but also as an ethnocentric continuum, dominating all aspects of present life, especially monopolizing human epistemology, the threshold of human existence, and even development activities. This book provides a balanced overview of what a feasible decoloniality should be. It is all-inclusive, aggregating differing perspectives, including decolonial feminist and LGBTQ thought. It deploys a holistic approach that critiques the limitations to decoloniality, the impediments that culminated in the failure of the late 20th century struggle for decoloniality, and the problems associated with current African resistance to academic decoloniality. The book closes with a discussion of African futurism. Seen as the advanced stage of decoloniality, African futurism involves the application of ""traditional"" (indigenous) instruments of articulation and cohesion such as Afro-spirituality, myths, folklore, and indigenous techno-scientific innovations, deployed in their capacity to drive, harness, and actualize future possibilities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Toyin Falola (Series Editor) , Professor Toyin Falola (Series Editor)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781648250279ISBN 10: 1648250270 Pages: 690 Publication Date: 18 February 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Decolonial Moments Part A: Epistemologies and Methodologies 1. Decoloniality and Decolonizing Knowledge 2. Eurocentrism and Intellectual Imperialism 3. Epistemologies of Intellectual Liberation 4. Decolonizing Knowledge in Africa 5. Decolonizing Research Methodology 6. Oral Tradition: Cultural Analysis and Epistemic Value Part B: Agencies and Voices 7. Voices of Decolonization 8. Voices of Decoloniality 9 Decoloniality: A Critique 10. Women's Voices on Decolonization 11. Empowering Marginal Voices: LGBTQ and African Studies Part C: Intellectual Spaces 12. Decolonizing the African Academy 13. Decolonizing Knowledge Through Language 14. Decolonizing of African Literature 15. Identity and the African Feminist Writers 16. Decolonizing African Aesthetics 17. Decolonizing African History 18. Decolonizing African Religion 19. Decolonizing African Philosophy 20 African FuturismReviewsThe book demonstrates Falola as a master of the protocols of writing a generally accessible academic book which is yet summative of the field in question, engaging significantly with its constitutive ideas. On account of the sheer scope of the work in terms of its sweeping coverage of practically every aspect of the subject, and its analytical range, the extensiveness of its engagement with the relevant issues and ideas in almost every aspect of African Studies, anyone who wants to gain an overview of the subject in depth is likely to find this book indispensable. -- Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju * New Times * Author InformationTOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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