<div dir="ltr">African scholarship on Africa is operating at only a fraction of its true potential. It is hampered by the preferences, policies and politics of the Western academy. <b><font color="#ff0000">There are three reasons for my assertion.</font></b><div><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/african-academics-face-a-huge-divide-between-their-real-and-scholarly-selves-55899">https://theconversation.com/african-academics-face-a-huge-divide-between-their-real-and-scholarly-selves-55899</a></div></div>