The Social Sciences in Africa

Sall, Ebrima

doi:10.20446/jep-2414-3197-18-1-49

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“…Africanist scholarship roughly went through five phases (cf. Sall, 2002: 55–56): The orature of pre-colonial times. Second, colonial scholarship with its civilisation or modernisation mission (late nineteenth century to 1960s).…”

Section: Modernity Modernisation and Post-colonial Transformation In...mentioning

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African Renaissance, Afrotopia, Afropolitanism, and Afrofuturism: Comparing Conceptual Properties of Four African Futures

Kroeker

2022

Africa Spectrum

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Since the turn of the millennium, the African continent has been extremely active in producing African futures. These are part of the multiple non-western modernities existing simultaneously; modernities of revolution, reform, or restitution. This contribution adds to the debate by analysing four recent concepts along four axes: the representation of time and space, the initiators behind those four concepts, and the concepts’ social inclusiveness. The paper first discusses the idea of the “African Renaissance,” which has been proposed as official government policy in South Africa and has given shape to Pan-African political bodies. Second, “Afrotopia” is a term coined by the Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr that emphasises identity politics. Third, “Afropolitanism” proposes an “African-style” modernity as seen in the works of Achille Mbembe and Sarah Nuttall and is also likened to John and Jean Comaroff's writings on “Afromodernity.” Finally, “Afrofuturism” emerged in relation to science fiction literature and digital visual arts and uses the virtual sphere to address an international audience.

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Section: Modernity Modernisation and Post-colonial Transformation In...mentioning

confidence: 99%