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.
| Translated title of the contribution | 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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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 621-637 |
| Journal | Review of African Political Economy |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 166 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Nov 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)
- 502027 Political economy
Keywords
- African politics
- Africanist
- knowledge production
- research methods
- education
- epistemologies