TY - T1 - The intellectual marginalisation of Africa : African Identities SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/340849 T3 - A1 - Obeng-Odoom, F. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - The intellectual marginalisation of Africa is often explained in terms of the lack of human capital. However, the peripheralization and systemic neglect of excellent research published in Africa problematise the human capital thesis and, ironically, demonstrate that the appeal to ‘Southern theory’ is not a panacea either. Although these perspectives are quite distinct, both seek to explain, and ultimately redress, Africa’s intellectual marginalisation apart from, not as part of, Africa’s margina... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Africa; capitalism; digital divide; Intellectual inequalities; knowledge divide; 519 Social and economic geography N1 - PP - ER -