[Biblist] Racially biased academic publishing in need of decolonisation

Francis Kokutse inleder sin artikel i University World News African Edition så här Academic publishing is in need of decolonisation – a complete and radical rethinking and addressing of power relationships – to accept and promote research writing free from race, ethnicity, gender, class and linguistic biases. Bolajoko Olusanya, the director of the Nigerian-based Centre for Healthy Start Initiative intervjuas: “It is common to find that greater prominence is given to white scholars based in the United States or Europe, who have limited or no lived experiences in Africa, in publications that are meant to reflect the health conditions in Africa,” said Bolajoko Olusanya, the director of the Nigerian-based Centre for Healthy Start Initiative and the co-author of a commentary on the topic in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210616193333516 Jan -- Jan Szczepański F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora, vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63 at gmail.com