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Knowledge production in Africa has fared poorly in an ecology of western-dominated bibliometrics or scientometrics. This chapter explores questions related to who disseminates knowledge about Africa and the implications on teaching, research and knowledge production on and about the continent. Scholarship about Africa has to explicitly take into consideration power dynamics that continue to reinforce the Global North–South divide in publishing about Africa. The study concludes by providing an alternative framework that incorporates African voices and perspectives and transforming knowledge production and narratives about Africa.
The corresponding author would like to extend her sincere gratitude to the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at New York University for their generous support, which made the completion of this book chapter possible.
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Ayandele, O., Oriola, T.B. (2023). Africa, Knowledge Production and Scholarly Prestige. In: Andrews, N., Khalema, N.E. (eds) Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies. Political Pedagogies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37442-5_3
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