Dani Nabudere's Afrikology
Author | : Sanya Osha |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2018-09-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9782869787834 |
ISBN-13 | : 2869787839 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dani Nabudere's Afrikology written by Sanya Osha and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dani Wadada Nabudere, the illustrious Ugandan scholar, produced a diverse body of work on various aspects of African culture, politics, and philosophy. Toward the end of his life, he formulated a theoretical construct that he termed Afrikology. Unlike most other Afrocentrists, who have stopped with the task of proving the primacy of the Egyptian past and its numerous cultural and scientific achievements, Nabudere strenuously attempts to connect that illustrious heritage with the African present. This, remarkably, is what makes his project worthy of careful attention. His corpus is multidisciplinary, although a major preoccupation with Africa is discernible in virtually all his works. His writings deal with critiques of imperialism, African political systems, processes of globalization and Africas location within them, and finally the ideological and existential imperatives of Afrocentric discourse.