The Rise of African Studies (USA) and the Transnational Study of Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2431780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William G Martins, William G Martin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-83 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/arw.2011.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2004595169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 30 |
Among Africanists, one of the remarkable events of 1957 was the founding of the African Studies Association. Commentaries on the association's history are slight and understandably celebratory. Exploration of archival and related sources, however, reveals considerable uncertainty and struggle over the construction of the field in the 1950s and 1960s. Those sources range across changing continental, colonial, and racial boundaries and reveal racialized relationships among U.S. scholars and especially foundation officials, British scholars and colonial officials, and, in unexpected ways, scholars in Africa and particularly South Africa. This essay traces the interplay of these forces and the demise of the transnational study of Africa in this period-and points briefly toward today's uncertain future for the study of Africa
African studies · Colonialism · Demise · Ethnology · History of Africa · Political science · Race (biology · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |