Elaborations on (a) Decolonising Africa(n)-centred Feminist Psychology
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Authors
Ratele, Kopano
Malherbe, Nick
Cornell, Josephine
Day, Sarah
Helman, Rebecca
Makama, Refiloe
Titi, Neziswa
Suffla, Shahnaaz
Dlamini, Sipho
Issue Date
2020
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Africa(n)-centred psychology , decolonising psychology , Accompaniment , feminist psychology , reflexivities
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Abstract
n a previous article we sought to clear up some of the
conceptual confusion on African psychology whilst
simultaneously engaging with what it entails to do a
decolonising African psychology. We dealt with questions
such as: Is African psychology identical to psychology
in Africa? What is the main dispute between Africa(n)-
centred psychology and Euroamerican-centric psychology
in Africa? Might ‘Blackening’ psychology decolonise the
discipline? And what can be gained from imbricating
decolonising perspectives and feminist Africa(n)-centred
psychology? In addition to the necessary work aimed at
countering coloniality in psychology through thinking the
world from Africa and the global South, that article began
to invent a certain kind of writing as method – including
story-telling, facilitation, dialogues, interruptions and
mutual learning. We have since deepened on that method
and, in this contribution, while seeking to elaborate
on the last question in particular, that is to say, what
is to be gained from closely linking and diffracting
psychology through a prism of decoloniality, Africa(n)-
centredness and feminism, the plan is to enact aspects of
a decolonising method.
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Citation
Ratele. K.. Malherbe. N.. Cornell. J.. Day. S.. Hel man. R.. Makama. R.. Titi. N.. Suffla. S.. & Dlamini. S. (2020). Elaborations on (a) decolonising Af rica(n)-centred feminist psychology. Psychology in Society, 59. 1 -1 9.