Critical dimensions of African studies : re-membering Africa / edited by Jennifer De Maio, Suzanne Scheld, and Tom Spencer-Walters.

"Critical Dimensions of African Studies emphasizes a critique of power structures, the promotion of human liberation, a commitment to social justice and transformation, and critical reflection on the politics of the production and circulation of knowledge of Africa"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Maio, Jennifer L. (Editor)
Scheld, Suzanne (Editor)
Spencer-Walters, Tom (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.
Subjects:
African diaspora > Study and teaching (Higher)
Africa > Study and teaching (Higher)
Africa > History > 1960-
Afrique > Histoire > 1960-
Education, Higher.
Africa.
Since 1960
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / by Jennifer De Maio, Suzanne Scheld, and Tom Spencer-Walters
  • Tom Spencer-Walters: Intellectual Freedom Fighter / by Selase W. Williams
  • Terms Matter: The Use of "Tribe" in African Studies / by Jennifer L. De Maio and Daniel N. Posner
  • Speaking Africa: Re-Membering Africa through Language, Culture, and Aesthetics / by Sheba Lo
  • "Africa for the Africans" Garvey & African Transnationality: The Idea of Flexible Citizenship / by W. Gabriel Selassie I
  • "Back Home This Never Would Have Happened": Imagining Tradition and Modernity Among Ugandan Pentecostals in Los Angeles / by Kevin Zemlicka
  • Bumuntu Humanism and "Values Discourse": Reflection on the Importance of African Studies in Our Tumultuous Time / by Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha
  • "Working the Past:" Memory, Language, and Echoes of Slavery in Ama Ata Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa / by Raquel Kennon
  • The Power of Memory and Language: Counter-Stories as Oppositional Remembering / by Renee M. Moreno
  • Marché Sandaga: The Language of the Built Environment in Remembering and Re-Membering / by Suzanne Scheld
  • Africa's Adult Literacy Landscape in The Age of Globalization: A Path to Increased Access and Change / by Daphne W. Ntiri
  • Remembering Africa: Memory and The Narrative Imagination in the Polio Survivor's Experience / by Rodney B. Hume-Dawson
  • Reconciling Traditional and Nontraditional Approach to Mental Health Services: African Diaspora Experience / by Senait Admassu, Kofi Peprah, and Edwin Aimufua
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword / by Tom Spencer-Walters.