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It is competition for this type of access which propels African Governments towards a one-party state.

— Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje

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Proto-nationalism which was primarily concerned with political domination by aliens, without relating it to its modal foundations since the end of the 19th Century.

In Africa, because of colonialism, an artificial gap has been created between our institutional education in philosophy and the traditional philosophies of our societies.

The whole thing is so superficial. The students talk about this university autonomy business. But do they think they can have a free university in a society that is not free".

Afrocentricity could be regarded as a methodological requirement for decolonizing knowledge in Africa, or as an antidote to Euro-centricity through which knowledge about Africa could be filtered.

meta-ationalism, which is a result of disillusionment with proto-nationalism and of an appreciation of the changing modalities of imperialist domination.

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