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Felwine Sarr’s Afrotopia—An Utopian Vision Fruitful for Africa?

In: Power and Responsibility

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  • Rigmar Osterkamp

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Felwine Sarr, Professor of Economics in Senegal, describes in Afrotopia a way Africa could overcome its perceived mental and cultural dependence on the West. This way is described as Africa’s “de-westernization,” or as the expulsion of the West from Africa’s “collective imaginary”. According to Sarr, it is the duty of African philosophers, social scientists and economists to pave the way by de-westernizing epistemology, social science and economics and renovating these fields in an African way. This research program has important consequences for the universities in Africa, given their colonial legacy. Instead of only reforming them, Sarr believes they must be completely abolished, before the foundation for a truly new African university can be laid.

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  • Rigmar Osterkamp, 2023. "Felwine Sarr’s Afrotopia—An Utopian Vision Fruitful for Africa?," Springer Books, in: Martin A. Leroch & Florian Rupp (ed.), Power and Responsibility, pages 359-372, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-23015-8_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23015-8_20
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