{"id":12963,"date":"2024-04-03T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panafricanuniversitypress.com\/company\/?post_type=product&p=12963"},"modified":"2024-05-25T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T10:37:13","slug":"the-humanities-in-africa-knowledge-production-universities-and-the-transformation-of-society-by-toyin-falola","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/panafricanuniversitypress.com\/company\/product\/the-humanities-in-africa-knowledge-production-universities-and-the-transformation-of-society-by-toyin-falola\/","title":{"rendered":"The Humanities in Africa: Knowledge Production, Universities, and the Transformation of Society by Toyin Falola"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Humanities in Africa: Knowledge Production, Universities, and the Transformation of Society<\/em>\u00a0addresses issues relevant to the humanities in the African academy, including its methodologies and epistemologies. The nine essays in the volume offer reflections on the role of the various disciplines, the activities of scholars, and the mission of the universities. One of the fundamental arguments in the book is that the diversity of our experience must be manifested in the diversity of our conversation. It addresses the challenges facing the humanities and suggests changes with far-reaching outcomes.<\/p>\n

Professor Toyin Falola<\/strong>, Past President of the African Studies Association, occupies the Frances and Jacob Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. A celebrated scholar of global stature, he has written widely on knowledge systems and the state of higher education in Africa.<\/p>\n

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ISBN: 978-1-943533-02-2 \u0399 Published 2016 | Pan-African University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Humanities in Africa: Knowledge Production, Universities, and the Transformation of Society\u00a0addresses issues relevant to the humanities in the African academy, including its methodologies and epistemologies. The nine essays in the volume offer reflections on the role of the various disciplines, the activities of scholars, and the mission of the universities. One of the fundamental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[85],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12963","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books-of-essays","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t