In this video, Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Wangari Maathai Visiting Professor at the University of Kassel for the Global Partnership Network (Winter semester 2023), and Emerita Profesor at the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy at the University of Ghana, reflects on how knowledge about Global Africa has been produced. Through historical and contemporary examples, she shows the significance of Africa’s representations in daily life, academia, politics, health, and economy. She claims that decolonising knowledge is a matter of human survival.
