This essay is a contribution to Africology’s discipline-building. It examines more particularly the importance of disciplinary language, stressing the need for clear language and consistent definitions. Of particular concern are terms like “African-centeredness” and “Africancentered” which have never been clearly defined although they are widely used. This clout, this essay argues, impedes discipline-building efforts by introducing and sustaining semantic and terminological incoherence.

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非洲学与学科语言问题

本文是对非洲学学科建设的贡献。它更具体地研究了学科语言的重要性，强调了对清晰语言和一致定义的需求。特别令人关注的是诸如“以非洲为中心”和“以非洲为中心”之类的术语，尽管它们被广泛使用，但从未明确定义。本文认为，这种影响力通过引入和维持语义和术语的不连贯性来阻碍学科建设的努力。