Dani Nabudere's Afrikology

<p>Dani Wadada Nabudere the illustrious Ugandan scholar produced a diverse body of work on various aspects of African culture politics and philosophy. Toward the end of his life he formulated a theoretical construct that he termed “Afrikology.” Unlike most other Afrocentrists who have stopped with the task of proving the primacy of the Egyptian past and its numerous cultural and scientific achievements Nabudere strenuously attempts to connect that illustrious heritage with the African present. This remarkably is what makes his project worthy of careful attention. His corpus is multidisciplinary although a major preoccupation with Africa is discernible in virtually all his works. His writings deal with critiques of imperialism African political systems processes of globalization and Africa’s location within them and finally the ideological and existential imperatives of Afrocentric discourse.</p>