Abstract Epistemic decolonization, in its various conceptual formulations and presentations, could be taken to hold promise for either the completion of the anti-colonial struggle or the self-re-discovery of the formerly colonized and oppressed. In Africa this project has had a long history as both a counter to hegemonic histories of claimed Western epistemological superiority as well as theories of racism and racist practices against black people of African descent. What is not entirely clear are the precise achievements of decolonial thought and practice. I interrogate the relevance, use and continuation of decoloniality as a genre of thought and practice on the African continent against the background of the perennial problems of material underdevelopment and stifled political spaces that render the supposed beneficiaries of decolonization hopeless subjects who continue to be disempowered and oppressed in their own home. This interrogation is to be carried alongside another inquiry aimed at evaluating the achievements of African philosophy as a form of epistemic decolonization. If African philosophy is a form of decolonization, as it should be, it should be able to clearly demonstrate its achievements and how they have had an effect on broader goals of decolonizing and empowering inhabitants of the African continent.

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Whither认知非殖民化

摘要认识论的非殖民化可以以其各种概念上的表述和表述来为完成反殖民斗争或自我重新发现以前被殖民和压迫的人们抱有希望。在非洲，该计划历史悠久，既与声称具有西方认识论优势的霸权历史以及针对非洲人后裔的种族主义和种族主义实践理论形成鲜明对比。尚不完全清楚殖民思想和实践的确切成就。我询问相关性，在长期的物质发展不足和政治空间窒息的背景下，使用和继续使用非殖民主义作为非洲大陆的思想和实践流派，使非殖民化的假定受益者无望而又继续在自己的家中被剥夺权力和被压迫。这项询问将与另一项调查一起进行，该调查旨在评估非洲哲学作为认知非殖民化形式的成就。如果非洲哲学确实应该是非殖民化的一种形式，那么它应该能够清楚地表明其成就，以及它们如何影响非殖民化和赋予非洲大陆居民权力的更广泛目标。这项询问将与另一项调查一起进行，该调查旨在评估作为认知非殖民化形式的非洲哲学的成就。如果非洲哲学确实应该是非殖民化的一种形式，它就应该能够清楚地表明其成就，以及它们如何对非殖民化和赋予非洲大陆居民权力的更广泛目标产生影响。这项询问将与另一项调查一起进行，该调查旨在评估非洲哲学作为认知非殖民化形式的成就。如果非洲哲学确实应该是非殖民化的一种形式，那么它应该能够清楚地表明其成就，以及它们如何影响非殖民化和赋予非洲大陆居民权力的更广泛目标。