Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Toyin Falola Masterclass on Studies of Africa

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

Chief Editor- Africa Update: https://sites.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html

Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries: www.vimeo.com/gloriaemeagwali

website: www.africahistory.net

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

http://www.vimeo.com/938058353

 

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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

On Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 04:53:16 PM CDT, Adebayo Ajadi <toyinfalolabrandassistant@gmail.com> wrote:

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