A conversation on "Decolonizing Knowledge Construction about (Linguistic) Africa" between Sinfree Makoni, Salikoko S. Mufwene, and Cécile B. Vigouroux.

University of Chicago Center in Paris

6 Rue Thomas Mann, Paris 75013

Friday, 14 October 2022, at 6:30 PM

The study of languages and other cultural domains in Africa started in the 19th century, at the onset of the exploitation colonization of the continent, from a Western European lens. Some of us now wonder how linguistics and the other academic disciplines would have developed if they had been invented in Africa and had been shaped primarily by Africans. This conversation focuses on the extent of the Western bias in the construction of academic knowledge about Africa and on the pressing need to revisit some topics.

Check out the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAkRpXAk-ZE