So what is wrong with Afrocentricism?
It simply calls for Africa - centered research
that takes into consideration the Africa -specific
historical and empirical context of your
subject matter across disciplines.
You obviously cannot come up with a
relevant development plan or geopolitical analysis
for African policy makers, without an African
centered analysis that takes into consideration
some of the variables cited. This is commonsense
and sound methodology.
Should researchers on Africa automatically
focus on Europe or evaluate phenomena from
the standpoint of Martians, and expect to get
answers that are appropriate?
If someone detests Afrocentrism, affirmative action,
local and global intersections of knowledge production
and true diversity in the workplace or
educational platforms, he should free himself from
mental slavery.
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
History Department, Central Connecticut State University
2014 Distinguished Research Excellence Award in African Studies
University of Texas at Austin
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award, New York African Studies Association
Founding Co -Chair, Sengbe Pieh AMISTAD Committee
Founding Coordinator, African Studies, CCSU
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A succinct and pointed masterpiece though it implicitly points toward Globalism as an answer. In general, every sovereign nation potentially has a political-cultural relationship with many or several other nations; a viable relationship can develop country by country (not Globally). We should apply the same approach to Africa -- nation by nation, NOT continent-wide. Hence Afrocentrism has never worked (though at best it generates superficial or empty joy. International geo-politics AIN'T Checkers anymore. High time we upped our our game: Go with Chess or Omaha Poker. Hence my interest in what my sub-discipline calls "mereology" (but I call "mereotics"). Aka set theory (game theory) which has the capacity to relate productively to individual groups (large or small). Set theory supplements binary logic. Of course, the logic of game theory relates multi-laterally. Logic AIN'T the answer but AN ANSWER.
Oohay
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