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Editorial:

This inaugural issue of Bokutani delves into the intricate and dynamic relationships between knowledge systems across the African continent and its diasporas. By focusing on the theme "Ecologies of Knowledge in Global Africa," we aim to explore how African knowledge traditions intersect, adapt, and respond to global contexts. This editorial sets the stage for a nuanced understanding of these interactions, emphasizing the significance of African agency in shaping knowledge landscapes.

Inaugural Issue

Ecologies of Knowledge in Global Africa

September 26, 2025

Abstract De-colonial turn in the politics of knowledge production, and particularly the knowledge production in Africa, still begs for the re-examination of the discourses of power and sources of knowledgeContinue ReadingEcologies of Knowledge in Global Africa

Contributors

1. “Knowledge Production as Discourses of Power: The Politics of Archives and the Production of Knowledge” by Conrad John Masabo.
2. “African Archives, Digital Humanities, and Decolonial Narratives: A Case Study of Archiving” by Olalekan Ojumu
3. “From Colonial French to Digital Wolof: Artificial Intelligence and Senegal’s New Language Policy” by Arfang Dabo and Vieux Alassane Touré
4. “African Languages and the Ecologies of Knowledge in the United States’ Midwestern Universities” by Paul Onesmus Ntinda
5. “Sent by the Gods: François Duvalier’s Appropriation and Performance of Divine Authority” by Effiong Phillip
6. “From the Invisible to the Visible: Poetics of Colonial Disaster in Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar” by Marius Kahakeu Deffo.
7. “The Power of Water: A Message to the Future from Ousmane Sembène” by Abena Ampofoa Asare.
8. “Back to Africa: Epistemological Possibilities of Critical African Political Economy” by Titilayo Odedele.
9. “Kenyan Children and Youth as Keepers of Indigenous Knowledge” by Esther Lisanza

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