African scholars and African Studies
@article{Olukoshi2006AfricanSA, title={African scholars and African Studies}, author={Adebayo O. Olukoshi}, journal={Development in Practice}, year={2006}, volume={16}, pages={533 - 544} }
This article focuses on the development of African Studies, principally in post-1945 Europe and North America, and its counterpart in post-independence Africa. African Studies enjoys an increasingly close connection with bilateral and multilateral development co-operation, providing research and researchers (along with their own conceptual frameworks and concerns) to assist in defining and providing direction for aid and related policies. This is leading to unhealthy practices, whereby African…
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