Article ID: CBB965738188

Black Science: Amílcar Cabral’s Agricultural Survey and the Seeds of African Decolonization (2022)

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This essay studies the scientific practices of the African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral as Black Radical Tradition challenges to historical agency. His graphs on land use and soil erosion, produced for the Portuguese colonial administration of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, prophesied the independence of peoples otherwise put outside of history. Cabral’s graphs point to the underappreciated contribution of specific forms of knowledge to the history of decolonization and challenge the historian of science to write history of Black science. This is distinct from consoling narratives of Black people in science or traditional critical accounts of science and racism. Instead, fully engaging the Black Radical Tradition, the history of Black science foregrounds scientific practices that historically enacted Black agencies.

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Article Prakash Kumar (2022) Introduction: Seeds and the History of Science. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 581-587). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jeanine Elif Dağyeli
Peter Mansoor
Venegas, Cristina
Tyler David Morgenstern
Hillebrant, Thomas
Albert L. Park
Concepts
Decolonization
Science and race
Agriculture and politics
Environmental history
Colonialism
Historical method
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
India
Guinea-Bissau
Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
Shaanxi Province
Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
Institutions
UNESCO
United Nations
Oxford University
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