Africa, as both an idea and a symbol, has always occupied a place in modern knowledge
structures that is ambiguous and oftentimes contradictory. In order to appreciate the central argument,
one should look at Africa as a place, a people, of course, time and space. Beyond the societal normative
conceptions of culture, religion, language and skin tone, there is a diversity of thought. When we see
the great idea of “Africanism” mixed with “commodification,” that’s where the contradiction comes
in.
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