well, on the popular level, who defines civilization is indeed the question.
as for african intellectuals taking it seriously, toyin falola is not
the only scholar in a line of many many african scholars going back a
long time who research the continent and her people. the history dept in
cheikh anta diop was, and is, highly respected precisely for its work on
african history. let's not despair when we should be proud...
eurocentric definitions of civilization should not concern us, as far as
i am concerned. as ogugua said, we need to blowback against the
propaganda, but not to be discouraged by that work. it goes with the
territory
ken
On 8/1/15 3:07 PM, awori wrote:
> Yes Ken, who defines civilisation? What is it anyway? The only problem is that, we the African intelligentsia have...with naked abandon surrendered of telling our story to others. How many African universities are engaged in deep research on the history and heritage of the continent and her peopl?
>
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