African Anthropologies: History, Critique and Practice

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Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker
Zed Books, 2006 - 274 pages
This overview of the history, application and teaching of anthropology in post-colonial Africa shows how the continent's anthropologists are redefining the historical legacy of European and American disciplinary hegemony, and developing distinctively African contributions to anthropological theory and practice. The contributors illustrate the diverse national traditions of anthropological practice that have developed in sub-Saharan Africa since decolonisation and exemplify the diversity of professional work carried out by the discipline's practitioners. Their commitment to a common disciplinary identity demonstrates the place that exists for a critical anthropology that is reflective about both its potentials and limitations.
 

Contents

Histories of Training
1
The Teaching of Anthropology in Zimbabwe over
99
Forgetting Africa
139
But We Know It All African Perspectives
154
An Invisible Religion? Anthropologys Avoidance
188
The Nigerian Case
207
Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching Anthropology
214
Challenges and Prospects for Applied Anthropology
237
Index
267
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David Mills is Anthropology Co-ordinator at the Centre for Learning and Teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics at the University of Birmingham.

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