The book African Studies Centres Around the World - A Network-Based Inventory compiles a
selection of contributions by the directors of eleven African Studies centres from four
continents. They comprise Africa's oldest centre on the continent at the University of Cape
Town the European centres in Bordeaux Lisbon and Hradec Králové and the two North American
Universities of Florida and Indiana. Central and South America's contributions to African
Studies is represented by the centres in San José Costa Rica Santiago de Cuba and Salvador da
Bahia Brazil. The Asian centres are located at Jawaharlal University in Mumbai India and at
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul South Korea. The eleven chapters show the very
diverse history of the centres explaining their different structures underpinning the need
for more exchange and collaborative research. The volume presents some aspects of the ongoing
critical reflections on the historical and political development ofAfrican Studies in various
parts of the world disseminating first-hand knowledge while the chapters encourage to open the
exchange and collaboration across regional disciplinary and academic boundaries.With
contributions from:Akintunde Akinyemi Carlos Almeida Aparajita Biswas Rina Caceres Yongkyu
Chang Marta E. Cordies Jackson Ute Fendler John H. Hanson Doris Löhr Lungisile Ntsebeza
Livio Sansone Jose da Silva Horta Petr Skalnik Celine Thiriot
