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- Title
Pan-Africanism and the Challenges of Economic Reconstruction in Africa: Exploring the Role of African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK).
- Authors
Olaopa, Olawale R.
- Abstract
Pan-Africanism is a well-thought-out crusade that entails a dedicated process of economic rebirth involving rebuilding Africa's institutions, structures, and conditions that ensure sustainable economic development. These efforts are considered critical to any development process. However, their efficacy remained less effective in solving the continent's daunting multifaceted challenges because they are largely directed at institution building for enhanced continental peace, security, cooperation, and integration, as shown by the Pan- African ideal of "the 'new' African agenda". The new idea of African renaissance directed at awareness creation for African re-birth, unity, development, and advancement of African history, culture and values is one of the attestations to the failure of Pan-Africanism. This is not to claim that no attempts at several regional and sub-regional integration programmes and efforts have been made. Some of these remained inadequate to realise the objectives of both Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance. The challenges, however, lie specifically in the extent to which African history, culture, and values can be utilised to drive the process of economic reconstruction. The absence of this analysis provides a gap in the literature and challenges Pan Africanism and Africa's drive towards economic reconstruction. Therefore, the paper, using qualitative data, descriptive analysis, and thematic analysis, aims to interrogate how AIK, a totally neglected resource in Pan Africanist ideals, can be innovatively and strategically utilised for Africa's sustainable economic development agenda. The study found that underlying any economic development agenda is the effective understanding, recognition, and integration of people's history, culture, heritage, and shared values, on which efforts must be directed.
- Subjects
AFRICA; PAN-Africanism; TRADITIONAL knowledge; SUSTAINABLE development; AFRICAN history; INTERNATIONAL economic integration; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
African Renaissance (1744-2532), 2023, Vol 20, Issue 4, p13
- ISSN
1744-2532
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31920/2516-5305/2023/20n4a1