{"id":"https://openalex.org/W621237442","doi":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","title":"GLOBAL COLONIALITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF CREATING AFRICAN FUTURES","display_name":"GLOBAL COLONIALITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF CREATING AFRICAN FUTURES","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-12-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W621237442","doi":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","mag":"621237442"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","doi":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","pdf_url":"https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/strategic_review/article/download/189/141","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210169397","display_name":"Strategic Review for Southern Africa","issn_l":"1013-1108","issn":["1013-1108"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","dhet","poland-40","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Strategic Review for Southern Africa","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/strategic_review/article/download/189/141","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010452910","display_name":"Sabelo J. Ndlovu\u2010Gatsheni","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-607X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-607X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165390105","display_name":"University of South Africa","ror":"https://ror.org/048cwvf49","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Development Studies University of South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Development Studies University of South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5010452910"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165390105"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":46.2853,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":134,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99784958,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"2","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14123","display_name":"Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies","score":0.8213000297546387,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14123","display_name":"Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies","score":0.8213000297546387,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12160","display_name":"African cultural and philosophical studies","score":0.17139999568462372,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12498","display_name":"Latin American Cultural Politics","score":0.002899999963119626,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/global-coloniality","display_name":"global coloniality","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/african-futures","display_name":"African futures","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decolonization","display_name":"decolonization","score":0.9520000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eurocentrism","display_name":"Eurocentrism","score":0.8920000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/global-north-and-global-south","display_name":"Global North and Global South","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/african-agency","display_name":"African agency","score":0.8859999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/african-subjectivity","display_name":"African subjectivity","score":0.7739999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cartesian-epistemology","display_name":"Cartesian epistemology","score":0.7269999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/brics","display_name":"BRICS","score":0.5849999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/de-westernization","display_name":"de-Westernization","score":0.7390000224113464}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776439778","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376717","display_name":"Eurocentrism","level":2,"score":0.8778024911880493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778682666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11084414","display_name":"Modernity","level":2,"score":0.7142894864082336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5656710863113403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.5587286353111267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5324122905731201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108170787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3951828","display_name":"Agency (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4889460802078247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C531593650","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7167","display_name":"Colonialism","level":2,"score":0.4713456332683563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4358534514904022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201960208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159385","display_name":"Geopolitics","level":3,"score":0.4332493245601654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780956412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17001577","display_name":"Decoloniality","level":3,"score":0.42686840891838074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.3655765652656555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3527766466140747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.2651202082633972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.21731823682785034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.1911143958568573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.14061754941940308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.10561370849609375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.10000026226043701},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106159729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294553","display_name":"Financial economics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","doi":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","pdf_url":"https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/strategic_review/article/download/189/141","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210169397","display_name":"Strategic Review for Southern Africa","issn_l":"1013-1108","issn":["1013-1108"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","dhet","poland-40","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Strategic Review for Southern Africa","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eref.uni-bayreuth.de:69238","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/69238/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196442","display_name":"ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I54009628","host_organization_name":"University of Bayreuth","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I54009628"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Artikel in einer Zeitschrift"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","doi":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v36i2.189","pdf_url":"https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/strategic_review/article/download/189/141","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210169397","display_name":"Strategic Review for Southern Africa","issn_l":"1013-1108","issn":["1013-1108"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","dhet","poland-40","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Strategic Review for Southern Africa","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W621237442.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W621237442.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":61,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W562094657","https://openalex.org/W571547733","https://openalex.org/W582812492","https://openalex.org/W596157895","https://openalex.org/W608723936","https://openalex.org/W614263752","https://openalex.org/W617660828","https://openalex.org/W631422399","https://openalex.org/W642322860","https://openalex.org/W654061609","https://openalex.org/W659637931","https://openalex.org/W1485683172","https://openalex.org/W1486104022","https://openalex.org/W1486145806","https://openalex.org/W1530858104","https://openalex.org/W1547873771","https://openalex.org/W1596473218","https://openalex.org/W1608158796","https://openalex.org/W1676624768","https://openalex.org/W1968097985","https://openalex.org/W1972830613","https://openalex.org/W1975316848","https://openalex.org/W1977214969","https://openalex.org/W1990385119","https://openalex.org/W1994342199","https://openalex.org/W1998105271","https://openalex.org/W2047444021","https://openalex.org/W2051696539","https://openalex.org/W2074151599","https://openalex.org/W2095338143","https://openalex.org/W2109671377","https://openalex.org/W2109788376","https://openalex.org/W2150092164","https://openalex.org/W2156955771","https://openalex.org/W2158368039","https://openalex.org/W2292337791","https://openalex.org/W2332979238","https://openalex.org/W2530316974","https://openalex.org/W2577480018","https://openalex.org/W2617605662","https://openalex.org/W2665859623","https://openalex.org/W2750280622","https://openalex.org/W2777288681","https://openalex.org/W2799021468","https://openalex.org/W2891943192","https://openalex.org/W2904028743","https://openalex.org/W2945085452","https://openalex.org/W2983578167","https://openalex.org/W4244097450","https://openalex.org/W4251184559","https://openalex.org/W4254513937","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4300514940","https://openalex.org/W4301108604","https://openalex.org/W4392337143","https://openalex.org/W4392364016","https://openalex.org/W4393293686","https://openalex.org/W4393293984","https://openalex.org/W4399118459","https://openalex.org/W4404736561","https://openalex.org/W7072244179"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2332979238","https://openalex.org/W2121646712","https://openalex.org/W614263752","https://openalex.org/W1572310780","https://openalex.org/W576623604","https://openalex.org/W1859227427","https://openalex.org/W7216402590","https://openalex.org/W4409343424","https://openalex.org/W2462250987","https://openalex.org/W3217645661"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Can":[0],"Africans":[1,240],"create":[2],"African":[3,180,230,263],"futures":[4,157],"within":[5],"a":[6,17,50,102,233,247],"modern":[7,18,124,173],"world":[8,125,249],"system":[9,126],"structured":[10],"by":[11],"global":[12,19,63,66,93,165,201],"coloniality?":[13],"Global":[14,84,88,146],"coloniality":[15,67,147,166],"is":[16,36,75,252],"power":[20,72,80,94,105,114,174,202],"structure":[21],"that":[22,74,122,164,176,251],"has":[23,127],"been":[24],"in":[25,62,208],"place":[26],"since":[27],"the":[28,83,87,91,99,110,123,135,141,170,186,194,215,221,257],"dawn":[29],"of":[30,57,101,112,137,143,169,193,198,217,224,229,235,259],"Euro-North":[31,209],"American-centric":[32,210],"modernity.":[33],"This":[34],"modernity":[35],"genealogically":[37],"and":[38,60,77,86,106,132,178,196,219,226,262],"figuratively":[39],"traceable":[40],"to":[41,47,134,140,149,232,256],"1492":[42],"when":[43],"Christopher":[44],"Columbus":[45],"claimed":[46],"have":[48,97,241],"discovered":[49],"'New":[51],"World'.":[52],"It":[53],"commenced":[54],"with":[55],"enslavement":[56],"black":[58],"people":[59],"culminated":[61],"coloniality.":[64,160],"Today":[65],"operates":[68],"as":[69,117,212,214,243],"an":[70,191],"invisible":[71],"matrix":[73],"shaping":[76],"sustaining":[78],"asymmetrical":[79,200],"relations":[81],"between":[82],"North":[85],"South.":[89],"Even":[90],"current":[92,199],"transformations":[95],"which":[96],"enabled":[98],"re-emergence":[100],"Sinocentric":[103],"economic":[104],"deWesternisation":[107],"processes":[108],"including":[109],"rise":[111],"South-South":[113],"blocs":[115],"such":[116],"BRICS,":[118],"do":[119],"not":[120],"mean":[121],"now":[128],"undergone":[129],"genuine":[130],"decolonisation":[131],"deimperialisation":[133],"extent":[136],"being":[138,225],"amenable":[139],"creation":[142],"other":[144],"futures.":[145,264],"continues":[148],"frustrate":[150],"decolonial":[151],"initiatives":[152],"aimed":[153],"at":[154],"creating":[155],"postcolonial":[156],"free":[158],"from":[159],"The":[161],"article":[162,187],"posits":[163],"remains":[167],"one":[168],"most":[171],"important":[172],"structures":[175],"constrain":[177],"limit":[179],"agency.":[181],"To":[182],"support":[183],"this":[184,238],"proposition,":[185],"delves":[188],"deeper":[189],"into":[190],"analysis":[192],"architecture":[195],"configuration":[197],"structures;":[203],"unmasks":[204],"imperial/colonial":[205],"reason":[206],"embedded":[207],"epistemology":[211],"well":[213],"problem":[216],"Eurocentrism;":[218],"unpacks":[220],"Cartesian":[222],"notions":[223],"its":[227],"relegation":[228],"subjectivity":[231],"perpetualstate":[234],"becoming.":[236],"Within":[237],"context,":[239],"emerged":[242],"fighting":[244],"subjects":[245],"for":[246],"new":[248,260],"order":[250],"decolonised,":[253],"deimperialised,":[254],"open":[255],"emergence":[258],"humanism":[261]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":35},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}