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SUMMARY:CGHR and CAS event - Decolonising African Studies? - Professor Chr
 istopher Clapham\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20191106T170000Z
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CONTACT:cm2007@cam.ac.uk
DESCRIPTION:Insistent calls to 'decolonise' African studies beg the questi
 on of what this quest actually involves. If it refers to an attempt to und
 erstand the continent's diverse and complex societies that builds on their
  indigenous structures and values\, this was a task initiated during the d
 ecolonisation era of the 1950s and early 1960s. Led by historians and draw
 ing heavily on insights from anthropology\, it led to a revolution in the 
 understanding of Africa\, which nonetheless failed to maintain its impetus
  as a result of the political authoritarianism and economic decay of the p
 ost-independence period\, which had a particularly damaging impact on Afri
 ca's universities. Of late\, however\, the phrase has come to refer to dev
 elopments notably in North America and Europe\, which in subordinating the
  study of Africa to agendas in the global north may appropriately be descr
 ibed not as decolonisation but as recolonisation.\n\n*Speaker*\n\n*Profess
 or Christopher Clapham*: Emeritus Professor\, University of Cambridge\, Ce
 ntre of African Studies\; Author\, _The Horn of Africa: State Formation an
 d Decay._\n\nThe talk and Q&A will be followed by drinks with the speaker.
  All are welcome to attend!\n\nThis talk will be jointly hosted by the *Ce
 ntre of African Studies* and the *Centre of Governance and Human Rights*.\
 n\n
LOCATION:Room S1\, ARB
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