The Racial Politics in African Studies

In this episode, we discuss the racial politics in African Studies. What are the ramifications of a western dominated field of African Studies, specifically one that is skewed towards the white scholar, and an organizational stronghold, the African Studies Association or the ASA, that reflects and often times shepherds this racially disparate phenomenon? 

Akua speaks with Dr. William Martin and Dr. Michael West, co-editors of the 1999 volume Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa, a book that critically “assesses the rising tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, institutions, and communities dedicated to African studies.”