Proceedings: 1st Chinweizu Conference (2018)

Proceedings of the 1st Chinweizu International Conference (2018)

Theme: Chinweizu, Africa and the Rest of the World

Convener & Editor: Prof. Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi

Collaboration: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana & University of Ibadan

ISBN: 978-978-795-007-7 | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.cectrra.2018.chinweizu

Convened: November 2018

Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra

HONOREE KEYNOTE • TRACK 1

Cognitive Sovereignty, Decolonization and the Imperative of African Self-Recovery

Chinweizu

Renowned Pan-African Theorist, Historian & Author of 'The West and the Rest of Us'

A comprehensive distillation of Chinweizu's seminal philosophy of cognitive liberation. Challenges African academics to dismantle Eurocentric epistemic structures and establish autonomous institutions for intellectual and economic sovereignty.

Cognitive Sovereignty Chinweizu Blackism Decolonization

pp. 1 – 32 • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.795007.01 DOWNLOAD PAPER (PDF)

PLENARY PAPER • TRACK 2

Toward the Decolonization of African Literature: Chinweizu's Poetics and African Critical Theory

CECTRRA Literary Theory & Decolonial Studies Panel

Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana & CECTRRA Research Collaborative

Critically assesses the enduring legacy of the 'Toward the Decolonization of African Literature' treatise. Examines contemporary debates on African aesthetic autonomy and endogenous narrative forms in 21st-century literary production.

African Literature Poetics Literary Theory Aesthetics

pp. 33 – 58 • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.795007.02 DOWNLOAD PAPER (PDF)

RESEARCH PAPER • TRACK 3

Re-Engineering the African Mind: Pedagogical Modules for Critical Thought in Higher Education

Prof. Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi, Ph.D

Founder, CECTRRA & Professor of Philosophy, University of Abuja, Nigeria

Outlines the curriculum architecture developed by CECTRRA for instilling foundational critical thinking skills across general studies in African universities. Demonstrates measurable increases in analytical independence among student cohorts.

Pedagogy Higher Education Curriculum Reform Critical Thinking

pp. 59 – 84 • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.795007.03 DOWNLOAD PAPER (PDF)

RESEARCH PAPER • TRACK 1

The Anatomy of Female Power Re-Examined: Matriarchy and Gender Epistemologies in Indigenous Africa

CECTRRA Inner Think-Tank Working Group

Centre for Critical Thinking and Resourceful Research in Africa

Interrogates Chinweizu's treatise on matriarchal power structures and contrasts his arguments with endogenous African philosophical concepts and historical evidence from pre-colonial African societies.

Gender Epistemologies Matriarchy Indigenous Power

pp. 85 – 114 • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.795007.04 DOWNLOAD PAPER (PDF)