Whither “African Economics” Imaginaries? Eleven Precepts on Its (Im)possibility

Oluwatosin Adeniyi
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Africa has historically occupied, and remains almost fixed at, the fringes of global knowledge production. Its battle to recover itself amid the stacks of epistemic injustices heaped on it, especially by its encounters with slavery and colonialism, rages on. Despite this grim picture, this article shows that, more recently, African Psychology has somewhat claimed its rightful place as an academic field within some leading universities in Africa. The absence of a deliberate and active disciplinary push or sustained contestations in economics on the continent is the key lacuna spotlighted in this article. However, I recognise that deciding whether African Economics is necessary must involve the mobilisation of the grit and talents of all academic economists on the continent as well as other geographies. This notwithstanding, and to foreshadow likelihoods, I imagine via this article what an erstwhile elusive African Economics might comprise. I do this by outlining and discussing eleven precepts that might serve as pointers to herald it. These precepts have multifarious implications for training and research in economics, especially in African universities, which are briskly expounded.
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非洲经济学 "意象何去何从?关于其(不)可能性的 11 条戒律
非洲在历史上一直处于全球知识生产的边缘,而且几乎一直如此。特别是在遭遇奴隶制和殖民主义的过程中,非洲为恢复自己的地位而进行的斗争仍在继续。尽管形势严峻,但本文指出,最近,非洲心理学在非洲的一些一流大学中已在某种程度上获得了其应有的学术地位。在非洲大陆的经济学领域,缺乏深思熟虑和积极的学科推动或持续的争论是本文所强调的关键空白。然而,我认识到,决定非洲经济学是否必要,必须调动非洲大陆和其他地区所有经济学家的勇气和才智。尽管如此,为了预示可能性,我通过这篇文章设想了过去难以捉摸的非洲经济学可能包含的内容。为此,我概述并讨论了可作为预示非洲经济学的指针的十一项原则。这些戒律对经济学的培训和研究,尤其是非洲大学的经济学培训和研究有着多方面的影响,本文将对此进行深入阐述。
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