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U.S. African studies in the shadow of politics

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Title U.S. African studies in the shadow of politics
 
Creator Tolmacheva, Marina
 
Subject United States
politics
Africa
african studies
africanist scholars
821.09(100)(082) Н35
 
Description The Year 2010 marked the passage of 50 years since the Year of Africa in 1960. For the world, and especially for Africans, 2010 became the year of soccer, the year of the Cup. For Africanists in the United States, located mostly at Universities, the celebration of half-a century of African independence was clouded by concerns about the state and future development of African studies teaching and Africa research. Since 2008, the economic downturn resulted in reduced funding for academic programs in university Area Studies and foreign-language scholarship support. At the same time, the creation of AFRICOM (United States Africa Command) and emergence of the “whole-government” integrated U.S. operations policy toward Africa presented new quandaries to U.S. Africanist scholars and their professional organizations. This paper provides a brief overview of the field of African studies in the United States over decades of development in a complex intellectual environment conditioned by domestic and international political affairs.
 
Date 2020-07-17T12:22:13Z
2020-07-17T12:22:13Z
2018-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Tolmacheva M. U.S. African studies in the shadow of politics // Національна ідентичність в мові і культурі: зб. наук. праць / за заг.ред. А.Г. Гудманяна, О.Г. Шостак. – К.: Талком, 2018. – С.192-194
978-617-7397-78-5
http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/44059
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Талком, Київ
 

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