02805nam 2200637 a 450 991081442040332120240313161020.01-283-41278-097866134127829956-726-68-09956-726-55-99956-726-81-8(CKB)2550000000081487(EBL)1134971(OCoLC)817054253(SSID)ssj0000673829(PQKBManifestationID)11403473(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673829(PQKBWorkID)10664698(PQKB)11125548(MiAaPQ)EBC1134971(OCoLC)773283862(MdBmJHUP)muse22085(Au-PeEL)EBL1134971(CaPaEBR)ebr10524399(CaONFJC)MIL341278(PPN)187343454(EXLCZ)99255000000008148720120209d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe postcolonial turn [re-imagining anthropology and Africa] /edited by René Devisch, Francis Nyamnjoh1st ed.Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa RPCIG20111 online resource (468 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-726-65-6 Includes bibliographical references.pt. 1. A staunch critique of intellectual colonialism and the pursuit of sociocultural endogeneity -- pt. 2. Bifocality at the core of the borderlinking anthropological endeavour -- pt. 3. Cross-pollination in African academe between cosmopolitan sciences and local knowledge -- pt. 4. Toward the local domestication of the ruling modern logic: the 'clash of civilisations' revisited.This innovative book is a forward-looking reflection on mental decolonisation and the postcolonial turn in Africanist scholarship. As a whole, it provides five decennia-long lucid and empathetic research involvements by seasoned scholars who came to live, in local peopleís own ways, significant daily events experienced by communities, professional networks and local experts in various African contexts. The book covers materials drawn from Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. Themes include the Whelan Research Academy, rap musiciaAnthropologyAfricaPostcolonialismAfricaAnthropologyPostcolonialismDevisch Rene660963Nyamnjoh Francis B.1961-858938MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814420403321The postcolonial turn4099444UNINA