التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Reconstructing the Social Sciences and Humanities: Advancing the African Renaissance. |
| المؤلفون: |
Lebakeng, Teboho J.1 tebzalebza@gmail.com |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Pan African Studies. Mar2018, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p247-266. 20p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*AFRICAN civilization, *SOCIAL sciences, *HUMANITIES, *COLONIZATION, *DECOLONIZATION, *AFRICANA studies, *HISTORY, EUROPEAN foreign relations |
| مستخلص: |
The thrust of this article speaks to the fateful colonial encounter between Africa and Europe and the resultant underdevelopment of the former. Hence, despite decolonisation having taken effect, with various internal and external attempts being made to reverse Africa's underdevelopment, the continent is still in crisis mode. However, the African renaissance continues as a newer attempt at addressing the state of affairs characterised by poverty, instability, dictatorship and growing social inequality on the continent since the beginning of the 20th century. Considering the above situation, this work asserts that the social sciences and humanities have been found wanting with regard to contributing to the process of reviving and regenerating Africa because such disciplines remain steeped in their Eurocentric origins. Therefore, to be relevant to the African renaissance, there is need to reconstruct such disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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