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A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanization, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology (review)

A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanization, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples,... Book Reviews the African Diaspora. He sees the Africa and Diaspora dialogue as a fruitful way around the politics of domination that has shaped African studies. This book contains a number of interesting insights, especially on the development of African studies as an institution and its connections with Western governments and agencies. At the same time it focuses mostly on the top echelons of African studies, at the biggest programs (as programs), at the African Studies Association of the United States, at the big funding agencies that can support journals, academic centers, and especially research travel. It pays relatively little attention to the rank and file scholars who teach Africa-related courses in thousands of colleges and universities in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. Most of these scholars have little connection to the "Africanist enterprise" in their daily work as researchers and teachers, yet they have done a great deal to disseminate knowledge of the continent to the general public. Curiously, none of the essays mentions the pivotal role of the Peace Corps in creating the first generation of Africanists in the U.S. Although the Peace Corps itself had close connections with U.S. policy toward Africa and perhaps even http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanization, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology (review)

Kraft, James P.
Journal of World History , Volume 13 (2) – Oct 1, 2002
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Book Reviews the African Diaspora. He sees the Africa and Diaspora dialogue as a fruitful way around the politics of domination that has shaped African studies. This book contains a number of interesting insights, especially on the development of African studies as an institution and its connections with Western governments and agencies. At the same time it focuses mostly on the top echelons of African studies, at the biggest programs (as programs), at the African Studies Association of the United States, at the big funding agencies that can support journals, academic centers, and especially research travel. It pays relatively little attention to the rank and file scholars who teach Africa-related courses in thousands of colleges and universities in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. Most of these scholars have little connection to the "Africanist enterprise" in their daily work as researchers and teachers, yet they have done a great deal to disseminate knowledge of the continent to the general public. Curiously, none of the essays mentions the pivotal role of the Peace Corps in creating the first generation of Africanists in the U.S. Although the Peace Corps itself had close connections with U.S. policy toward Africa and perhaps even

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Published: Oct 1, 2002

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