Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and BeyondInstitutional Development and Collaboration\nAuthor(s): Michaela Pelican, Karim Zafer, Michael Bollig\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Transcript Verlag, Germany\nImprint: Transcript Verlag\nISBN-13: 9783837675962, 978-3837675962\nSynopsis\nWhat does it mean to decolonise academia in Africa? Is this important project limited to the humanities? Is it a project for the future? Are there forerunners at African universities today? The contributors to this volume show different trajectories for anthropology as a discipline and for decolonising academia across the continent and beyond. They offer a variety of perspectives, especially regarding collaboration between African and German scholars in the areas of research, teaching and institutional development: While some are hopeful and take inspiration from earlier experiences of disciplinary and methodological developments in academic decolonisation and international collaborations, others r.