African Studies Now
Critical Approaches to Racialization and Identity Politics in Francophone Contexts
Published on 16. October 2025
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-350-46606-7 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of African studies in the new millennium. It details new trends, approaches, and theoretical frameworks that have the potential to shape the future of the discipline. Curated by the up-and-coming scholar Eric Tsimi in collaboration with the distinguished anthropologist Andrea Behrends and field-leading decolonial theorist Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, this collection explores methods and approaches being developed across the humanities and social sciences for decolonizing knowledge, facilitating knowledge transfer, and addressing perceived gaps between theory and practical emergencies.
For its broad coverage of a broad interdisciplinary field, as well as for its in-depth insights into the latest developments within the field as a whole, African Studies Now is a must-have for researchers and students of African studies, global development, indigenous studies, and related fields and disciplines.
For its broad coverage of a broad interdisciplinary field, as well as for its in-depth insights into the latest developments within the field as a whole, African Studies Now is a must-have for researchers and students of African studies, global development, indigenous studies, and related fields and disciplines.
Reviews / Votes
Amidst ongoing debates around "decolonizing" academic disciplines--debates that have often remained focused on and in the Global North--African Studies Now offers a timely and critical intervention. Across an impressive range of disciplines (history, anthropology, philosophy, political science), this volume recentres African perspectives, rethinks approaches, and refreshes our conceptual vocabularies. Above all, the contributions assembled here assert Francophone Africa as a vibrant site of intellectual and cultural production: that is, where some of the most important and exciting conversations in African Studies are happening, right now. * Doyle D. Calhoun, University of Cambridge, UK *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-46606-7 (9781350466067)
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Persons
Eric Essono Tsimi is Associate Professor of Francophone African Studies at Northwestern University, USA. He has won several awards and fellowships including the Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, the CUNY Scholar Incentive Award, the Paula Berggren Enrichment Fund Award, and the PSC-CUNY Award.
Andrea Behrends is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig, where she serves as the Head of the Institute of Anthropology.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Professor of History and holder of Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Pluralistic Societies: Epistemic Pluralism and Ecologies of Knowledges at the University of Calgary in Canada. He previously held the Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany.
Andrea Behrends is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig, where she serves as the Head of the Institute of Anthropology.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Professor of History and holder of Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Pluralistic Societies: Epistemic Pluralism and Ecologies of Knowledges at the University of Calgary in Canada. He previously held the Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany.
Content
01 . Introduction Eric Essono Tsimi, Andrea Behrends, and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
02. Inheriting One's Heritage: Restitution and Decolonization Seloua Luste Boulbina
03. Overcoming Epistemic Coloniality: Reappropriating Self through Indigenous Knowledge Claude Abe
04. Exploring the Interplay of Afropolitanism, Afro-Radicalism, and Afrocentricity: A Pan-African Approach from an Afrotropic Standpoint Mathias Eric Owona Nguini
05. Racialization of the Arabic Language Through the Francophone Lens of Sansal Sana Alaya Seghair
06. On the Entrapment of Francophone Africa Eric Essono Tsimi
07. Decolonizing the Training Curricula in Social Sciences in Cameroon Estelle Kouokam
08. Provisional Notes on Africa's Political Epistemology Pelagie Chantal Belomo Essono
09. The Motion of Memory: Cinema as Re-enactment in Postcolonial Healing Jean-Pierre Bekolo
10. Reimagining African Scholarship: Epistemic Freedom, Decoloniality, and Transnational Perspectives Eric Essono Tsimi and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
11. A Conversation with Andrea Behrends on Travelling Models, Resource Management, and African Transformations Eric Essono Tsimi and Andrea Behrends
12. Decolonial Currents and Mystical Traditions Brice Molo, Peter Geschiere, and Florence Bernault
13. Afterword Amber Murrey
02. Inheriting One's Heritage: Restitution and Decolonization Seloua Luste Boulbina
03. Overcoming Epistemic Coloniality: Reappropriating Self through Indigenous Knowledge Claude Abe
04. Exploring the Interplay of Afropolitanism, Afro-Radicalism, and Afrocentricity: A Pan-African Approach from an Afrotropic Standpoint Mathias Eric Owona Nguini
05. Racialization of the Arabic Language Through the Francophone Lens of Sansal Sana Alaya Seghair
06. On the Entrapment of Francophone Africa Eric Essono Tsimi
07. Decolonizing the Training Curricula in Social Sciences in Cameroon Estelle Kouokam
08. Provisional Notes on Africa's Political Epistemology Pelagie Chantal Belomo Essono
09. The Motion of Memory: Cinema as Re-enactment in Postcolonial Healing Jean-Pierre Bekolo
10. Reimagining African Scholarship: Epistemic Freedom, Decoloniality, and Transnational Perspectives Eric Essono Tsimi and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
11. A Conversation with Andrea Behrends on Travelling Models, Resource Management, and African Transformations Eric Essono Tsimi and Andrea Behrends
12. Decolonial Currents and Mystical Traditions Brice Molo, Peter Geschiere, and Florence Bernault
13. Afterword Amber Murrey