Abstract
The journey to this special issue has been a long and significant one for me, as an African deeply invested in the multifaceted realities of global Africa. Africa embodies the global. Its people, culture, and histories transcend borders, reflecting a deeply interconnected world. To speak of global Africa is to reject essentialist notions of African identity, recognizing that to be African is to be unbounded by space, place, or fixed definitions. This special issue, “Reclaiming Power: Decolonization and Development for Africa and People of African Descent,” was born out of the convergence of the 2023 Social Practice of Human Rights (SPHR) Conference, marking its tenth anniversary, and the Sixth International Conference on the Right to Development. This joint convening was itself the result of a dedicated effort to expand partnerships across global divides, with the initial seeds sown during travels across six African nations in the summer of 2022. From a planning process that began in January 2023, the convening evolved into a rich exchange, featuring two keynotes, three plenaries, an “in conversation” session, and over thirty panels and roundtables, bringing together more than three hundred speakers from across Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Reclaiming Power special issue seeks to capture that dynamic and timely discourse.
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Nabaneh, Satang
(2025)
"Reclaiming Power: Decolonization and Development for Africa and People of African Descent,"
Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/joaps/vol31/iss1/3
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