ABSTRACT
The study of Africa in African universities is currently at a crossroads, prompting a reevaluation and sometimes a reconfiguration of the discipline of African Studies in many universities in the continent. The problem and proposed solution are not exactly new or restricted to African Studies in Africa. The issue is as old as the very first effort to establish an African Studies department on the continent of Africa. This scenario, in many ways, explains the drive toward specialization in African Studies in University of Ghana. Author's key argument is that there is a need to decolonize the overall educational structure that gave vim to the need for specialization in African Studies as a presumed condition for employment or relevance. Thus, realizing the mandate set for African Studies in Africa by Nkrumah, to decolonize or Africanize the university in Africa requires upturning the wide-ranging impact of centuries of British cultural nationalism in Africa.
