Abstract
Who produces knowledge on ‘African politics’? Within political science, our understanding of politics in Africa is overwhelmingly shaped by non-Africans who spend most of their time far removed from Africa. This reality has serious consequences for the academic community, policymakers, students and citizens across the world. Using a new data set of undergraduate syllabi and doctoral exam reading lists, this article sheds further light on this knowledge production and instruction problem and provides suggestions for how we might redress this problem. In doing so, we can generate more nuanced understandings of governance dynamics that are centred on African voices and perspectives.
Titel in Übersetzung | Tant d' "africanistes", si peu d'Africains: remodeler notre compréhension de la "politique africaine" par une plus grande nuance ainsi que l'inclusion el l'amplification des voix africaines |
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Originalsprache | Englisch |
Seiten (von - bis) | 621-637 |
Fachzeitschrift | Review of African Political Economy |
Jahrgang | 47 |
Ausgabenummer | 166 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 23 Nov. 2020 |
Extern publiziert | Ja |
Österreichische Systematik der Wissenschaftszweige (ÖFOS)
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