Introduction

Subaltern Studies and African Studies

“…Such debate from within and without would escalate as Subaltern Studies became more popular among audiences beyond South Asia. 25 The publication of Selected Subaltern Studies in 1988 -with its editorial and intellectual backing by Edward Said and Gayatri Spivak as discussed previously -is seen as marking a key moment of arrival for the movement among scholars outside of India. It is also at this time that Subaltern Studies became inseparably linked with postcolonial and cultural studies as defined by academics based in Western universities.…”