The Place of Anthropology in the Future of Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Chike Onwuachi (Fisk University), P Onwuachi, Alvin Wolfe, Alvin W Wolfe (Washington University in St. Louis) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 93-95 |
| Publication date | 1966-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.25.2.c4g87n653505k1jg |
| OpenAlex | W1996399750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Most of us in African studies today belong to that generation of scholars who started their work at a time when virtually all the genuine knowledge we had of Africa was gathered by anthropologists. What we knew about Africa was anthropological knowledge. Anthropologists dominated the field, for better or for worse, when most of Africa was under colonial control, when Africa was politically an extension of Europe and economically within the metropolitan sphere of influence or control. That was, we all know, the past of Africa, and anthropologists, like most Africans, knew their place
African studies · Applied anthropology · Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Extension (predicate logic) · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics) · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1968 - 2016 (49) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |