Plural Trajectories: Introduction to African Futures

Author:

David O’Kane, Dmitri M. Bondarenko

Abstract:

The editors of this issue of the Journal of the Institute for African Studies introduce the theme of African futures, and insist on the plural meanings it involves as both a concept and an empirical reality. The relationship between the continent’s futures and its multiple pasts and presents are considered, and the concept of ‘trajectory’ is used to integrate those multiple African realities into an integrated picture of human agency and human action in the continent today. The editors then introduce the papers that follow in this special issue.

Keywords:

Africa, Culture, Decolonization, Postcolonial

DOI:

10.31132/2412-5717-2019-47-2-5-14

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