Call for Papers
The notion of decolonization emerged in the political sphere in the 1960s, and subsequently became foundational in literary and cultural criticism. Decolonization has emerged alongside recent campaigns to seek equity in law, promote affirmative action, expand political access, and deracialize education. A common theme within all these efforts has been a need to grant Africans agency in the narrative of the modern.
The decolonization of medicine is a tardy addition to this agenda, but one that must be pursued with equal fervor. Decolonizing Medicine in Africa and its Diaspora will challenge Eurocentric notions of medicine by excavating on the thoughts and roles of African medical professionals in the past and present. It will recover the life, training, and experiences of African professionals to reveal continuities in the ways Africans have encountered disease and illness and have generated and adapted medical ideas to overcome them.
Following our successful conference which brought together scholars, policymakers, activists and medical practitioners, the network on Decolonizing Medicine in Africa and its Diaspora encourages the submission of papers exploring medical thought and practice in Africa and its diaspora through the following multi-disciplinary sub-themes:
- Conceptualizations and theory: decolonization or indigenization
- Africa in the history of medicine
- Medical biographies
- Pathologies of slavery and the slave trade
- Herbalism and pharmacy
- Cupping, bone setting and surgery
- Nursing, gender, and family
- Oncology and Care
- Colonial medicine and postcolonial policy
- Atlantic world medical communities
- The politics of blood, blood donation and transfusion
- Epidemics and vaccines
- Global Health, Africa and the Diaspora
- NGOs and Medical Missions in and of Africa and the Diaspora
This is a call for papers presented at the conference as well as an open call for papers that are aligned with the same theme. The Decolonizing Medicine in Africa and its Diaspora network will gather the papers together and seek to publish a special issue in a leading journal, as well as a collection of essays. A course textbook for use in universities and colleges is also anticipated.
Texts considered for publication should be emailed to decolonizingmedicineinafrica@msvu.ca before January 25, 2024. Articles can be written in English or French and should include a summary and key words both in the original language and in English. The length of articles should be between 5000-8000 words.
Contact Information
Jonathan Roberts, Mount St. Vincent University, Canada
Oluwatoyin Oduntan, Towson University, USA
Contact Email
decolonizingmedicineinafrica@msvu.ca
URL
https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/history/decolonizing-medicine-africa.html
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