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Reimagining African Scholarship : A Convivial Approach Beyond the Single Story / Francis B. Nyamnjoh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nyamnjoh, Francis B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Learning and scholarship--Africa.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Scholarly publishing--Africa.
- Scholarly publishing.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book reimagines African scholarship by challenging the enduring influence of Eurocentric paradigms and advocating for a decisive shift towards decolonised knowledge production.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Reimagining African Scholarship: Politics of Knowledge and the Call for Conviviality
- Part II: Embracing Incompleteness: Metaphors, Mobility, and the Dynamics of Knowledge Exchange
- Part III: Celebrating Pioneers: Indigenous Publishing and the Legacy of Henry Chakava
- 1: Transforming African Scholarly Writing: Politics of Knowledge Production, Mobility and Conviviality
- Abstract
- Scholarly Writing: Beyond Specification
- Why the prefix "African" in Scholarly Writing?
- Dancing the Dance of Others and Related Metaphors
- Writing Africa and Africans as a Continent and People in Motion
- A Scholarship of Compositeness and Conviviality
- Conclusion
- References
- 2 Reimagining African Scholarship: A Convivial Approach
- Collaboration for Transformation
- Lessons from Tutuola
- Compositeness as anchor in academic pursuits
- Embracing incompleteness
- Snippets of the discussion after the APN and Next Generation Fellows lecture
- 3: Henry Miyinzi Chakava: A Pioneer of Indigenous Publishing in Kenya and Africa
- Challenging Multinational Control
- Chakava and the Language Question
- Chakava and Translation
- Translation Dilemmas
- Founding Member of the African Books Collective
- Other Contributions to African Publishing
- Chakava's Writings on Publishing
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9956-0-0363-8
- OCLC:
- 1519475648
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