What is African Psychology the psychology of?

@article{Nwoye2015WhatIA,
  title={What is African Psychology the psychology of?},
  author={Augustine Nwoye},
  journal={Theory \& Psychology},
  year={2015},
  volume={25},
  pages={116 - 96}
}
  • A. Nwoye
  • Published 14 January 2015
  • Psychology
  • Theory & Psychology
Throughout the past half-century, the formal study of psychology in African universities has been colonized by mainstream Western psychology. This situation was inimical to any early efforts to entrench African Psychology as an academic discipline in African universities. However, this negative state of affairs did not last indefinitely. But with the recent emergence of African Psychology it soon became necessary to trace the history of its emergence and evolution, formulate its definitive core… 
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