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The scientific discourse about Africa has been overwhelmingly owned by the West/North. In fact, discourse ownership has been one of the most efficient instruments of Western/Northern domination in the post-colonial era. This section sets out to contribute to the solidification of an Africa-centred discourse by identifying, collecting and structuring scientific Africa-centred online content.
Kum'a Ndumbe III: Aturar el genocidi intelectual a les universitats africanes
Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III's article on "Stopping intellectual genocide in African universities" has been published in Catalan in the journal "Cataluna Esperantisto", No 344, Oktobro-Decembro 2007, pp. 19-23.
Namibian Bones in European Museums - Genocide with Impunity
Article by Kwame Opoku. When European ethnologists deny the intimate relationship of Ethnology/Anthropology and colonialism or assert that they tried to restrain colonialism or that their role was insignificant, one has ample evidence to doubt the veracity of... |+| read article
The Mask: Remembering Slavery, Understanding Trauma
This essay by Grada Kilomba was presented to the Bicentenary of the Abolishment of the Atlantic Slave Trade, at the National Maritime Museum, in London. The mask, she writes, symbolizes colonialism. It represents the white sadistic politics of conquest and... |+| read article
Linguistic diversity in South Africa and the challenges of the African Renaissance
Paper presented by Dr. Neville Alexander at the South African Embassy in Berlin on the 20th November 2007. One of the main points of his presentation was: How do we assist in the decolonisation of the mind of the billions of people who are held in thrall by... |+| read article
Mbembe: Black Intellectual Traditions and Democratic Thought, from Fanon to Biko
On September 12th democrats all over the world and throughout our country people will remember one of the most tragic days in our long and brutal history. This is the day when the life of one of the brightest political thinkers our country ever... |+| read article
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