Occasional Papers
This section lists papers commissioned by AfricAvenir or authored by AfricAvenir members and its affiliates and friends. Some of the papers listed here may have previously appeared in other AfricAvenir publications, e.g. if they were published in the framework of a specific project or book. A complete listing of all papers can be found in the |+| Download Section
The African Renaissance and the Use of African Languages in Tertiary Education
This work by Dr. Neville Alexander deals with the social, political and economic implications of the intellectualisation of indigenous African languages and suggests a long-term, large-scale and systematic strategy for effecting this core aspect of the... |+| read article
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.
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
Africans in the Academia: Diversity in Adversity
By Grada Kilomba. The following article was presented by the author in the framework of the AfricAvenir Dialogforum on 09 May 2007 at the Heinrich-Böll- Foundation in Berlin.
Africans in the Academia: Diversity in Adversity
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