Why afrocentrism?
One of the immediate paths to decolonization for Africa is Afrocentrism because Pan-Africanism has failed. How do anti-colonialists hope to get out of colonization if from elementary school to university we cannot teach all subjects in African languages? Therefore, the best approach would be to keep the gains of colonization but to return to our African consciousness based on the knowledge and recognition of the history of Africa, which is Afrocentrism. The pan-Africanist project of anti-colonialism can be a long-term project whose success would be improbable and tortuous given the challenge of teaching all modern sciences in African languages; moreover, which language to choose? If I take the example of my country, Côte d'Ivoire, where we have more than 63 ethnic groups, agreeing on one official language will take decades, and we must also take into account the conflicts this will generate. The French language appeared in the 14th century and comes from Latin, which is no longer ...