On décalages in the African Diaspora

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" On décalages in the African Diaspora "
Sarah Fila-Bakabadio

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063813
Doc. No	:	LA107442
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18725465-01101008‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Sarah Fila-Bakabadio
Title & Author	:	On décalages in the African Diaspora [Article]\ Sarah Fila-Bakabadio
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African Diaspora
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/1-2
Page No	:	162–178
Abstract	:	This paper explores Brent Edwards’s 2001 notion of “décalage” and its role in the evolution of the African diaspora studies. I argue that this notion should be profoundly considered in envisioning the future of the field since it not only reflects the original chasm between African and African-American understandings of the diaspora as Edwards states, but it also illustrates how the diaspora has gradually turned into multiple and sometimes scattered diasporas. I also contend that this multiplicity forces us to question what unites African and Afro-descendants today. I do so relying on Gilles Deleuze’s disjunctive synthesis to examine these three dimensions of diasporan relations. I also discuss how ideological frameworks such as Pan-Africanism or Négritude bridged differences thanks to key ideas of emancipation, black existence and connected struggles. I finally explore contemporary models that could renew diaspora studies: Africana and Afro-liminalities.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Africana
Descriptor	:	Afro-liminalities
Descriptor	:	décalages
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Négritude
Descriptor	:	Pan-Africanism
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18725465-01101008‬