The continuing relevance of late Dr W.E.B. Du Bois to African scholarship
Abstract
The objects of this research are: first, to explore the uniqueness and visionary thinking of Dr W.E.B. Du Bois concerning the concept of race and racism over time. Second, to highlight the socio-economic conditions and disempowerment of blacks living in different countries of the world. Third, is an attempt to review his work and its relevance to African scholarship by using the qualitative research method, enabling us to understand the philosophical impetus arising out of his valuable contribution to African scholarship.
The author investigated the following problems: social problems, caused by racism, discrimination race, exploitation, black disempowerment, inequality, and social justice.
The main results of the research are: The findings of this study are: first, the importance of unity of the Africa people is crucial for its development. Second, the implementation of educational policies, political leadership, a vibrant economy, and the establishment of the military to protect Africa’s global interests are all very important for its survival and development. Third, is the highlighting of the level of grave injustice faced by both Dr Du Bois and his wife in the hands of the US law enforcement services. Fourth, it was found that the African continent is not economically independent. Fifth, it is only through the unity of African peoples and countries that it can eventually lead to its development and progress.
The area of practical use of the research is for all citizens, directly or indirectly affected by race, racism, disempowerment, and social inequalities that still permeate contemporary societies.
Downloads
References
W. E. B. Du Bois (2021). Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois
W.E.B. DUBIOS (2010). Available at: https://prezi.com/hcxfogmaubvp/web-dubios
Aptheker, A. (1982). The Complete Published Works of W. E. B. Du Bois. New Jersey: Comp and Cel Publishers.
Garfield, G. (2014). Tightrope – a racial Journey to the age of Obama. Langham: Rowman & Littlefield, 272.
Morris, A. (2015). The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of. Modern Sociology. Oakland: University of California Press, 282.
Lynn, D. (2020). Surveillance, State Power, and the Activism of Shirley Graham Du Bois. Black Perspectives.
Goffe, L. G. (2013). W.E.B. The Father of Modern- Pan- Africanism. New African. Available at: https://newafricanmagazine.com/4091/
Wolfe, R. P. (1996). The True Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois. The Boston Globe. Available at: https://www.umass.edu/afroam/true-legacy-w-e-b-du-bois
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1899). The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The Souls of black folks. New York: Bantam.
Liss, J., Du Bois, W., Boas, F. (1998). Diasporic Identities: The Science and Politics of Race in the Work of Franz Boas and W. E. B. Du Bois, 1894-1919. Cultural Anthropology, 13 (2), 127–166. doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/can.1998.13.2.127
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1897). The Conservation of Races. Good Press.
Zuckerman, P. (2004). The Social Theory of W. E. B. Du Bois. Pine Forge.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1904). The Development of a People. International Journal of Ethics, 14 (3), 292–311. doi: http://doi.org/10.1086/intejethi.14.3.2375919
West, C. (2017). Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1947). The World and Africa: An Inquiry into the part which Africa has played in world history. New York: Viking Press.
Adejummobi, S. A.; Mjagki, N. (Ed.) (2001). The Pan-Africanism Congress’ in Organizing Black America. An encyclopedia of African American Association. New York: Garland Publishing Inc.
Gobineau, A. (1967). The Inequality of Human Races. New York: H. Fertig.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1920). Dark water: voices from within the veil. New York: Humanity Books.
Rex, J. (1970). Race Relations in Sociological Theory. London: Weidenfeld, 161.
Brown, C.A. (2018). I’m Still Here. Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. New York. Convergent Books.
West, C. (2010). Keeping Faith. Philosophy and Race in America. London: Routledge.
Herrnstein, R. J., Murray, C. A. (1994). The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Free Press, 845.
Fanon, F. (1959). Dying colonialism. New York: Grove Press.
Mazrui, A. (2004). Nkrumah’s legacy and Africa Triple Heritage Between Globalisation and Counter-Terrorism. Accra: University Press. 62.
Achebe, C. (1958). Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Press.
Nkrumah K (1961). I speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology. London: Heinemann Ltd
Nkrumah, K. (1974). Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism. Panaf Books.
Gutto, S. B. O. (2006). Towards a new paradigm for pan‐African knowledge production and application in the context of the African renaissance. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies – Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, 1 (2), 306–323. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/18186870608529722
Battle, J., Wright, E. (2002). W. E. B. Du Bois’s Talented Tenth. A Quantitative Assessment. Journal of Black Studies, 32 (6), 654–672. doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/00234702032006002
Creswell, J. W., Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Los Angeles: Sage, 275.
Walliman, N. (2018). Research Methods. London: Routledge.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1906). The Second Annual Meeting of the Niagara Conference. Harpers Ferry.
Rodney, W. (1973). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. London: Bogle –L ’Overture Publications.
Mazrui, A (1980). The African Condition. The Reith Lectures. London: Heinemann Press. The Scholar Denied. W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of modern.
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) (2001). Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-Operation. SADC.
Yesufu, S. (2020). Harmonising Road Transport Legislation in the SADC Region for Crime Prevention. Insight on Africa, 13 (1), 28–55. doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0975087820965165
Kistin, E.J. (2007) Trans-boundary Cooperation in SADC: From Forum to Implementation.
Dr. Shirley Graham DuBois – Geni. Available at: https://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Shirley-Graham-Du Bois/6000000026938105581
Copyright (c) 2021 Shaka Yesufu
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Our journal abides by the Creative Commons CC BY copyright rights and permissions for open access journals.
Authors, who are published in this journal, agree to the following conditions:
1. The authors reserve the right to authorship of the work and pass the first publication right of this work to the journal under the terms of a Creative Commons CC BY, which allows others to freely distribute the published research with the obligatory reference to the authors of the original work and the first publication of the work in this journal.
2. The authors have the right to conclude separate supplement agreements that relate to non-exclusive work distribution in the form in which it has been published by the journal (for example, to upload the work to the online storage of the journal or publish it as part of a monograph), provided that the reference to the first publication of the work in this journal is included.