Mabapi le Buka
Ha lichaba tsa Maafrika li ntse li phela haholo metseng e meholo, li etsa joalo ka litsela tse phephetsang likhopolo le mehlala e teng ea tsoelo-pele ea litoropo ho jeokrafi, thuto ea kahisano, thuto ea batho le meralo. Bukeng ena ea bohlokoahali, Myers o sebelisa mehopolo le liphihlelo tsa litoropo tsa Afrika ho bua ka litaba tsa theory le tse sebetsang. E pheha khang ea ho shebisisa pono-bocha - ho bona hape, le ho nchafatsa - ea kamoo litoropo tsa Afrika li buisanoang le ho ngoloa ka tsona lithutong tsa litoropo le lithutong tsa Afrika.
Litoropo tsa Afrika li ntse li hlokomolohuoa - li lelekiloe sehlopheng se fapaneng, se seng, se fokolang sa litoropo tse sa nepahalang - kapa se ts'oaroe e le mehlala ea tsohle tse ka senyehang ka botoropong ka har'a lingoliloeng tse tloaelehileng esita le tse mahlonoko tsa litoropong. Ho fapana le moo, Myers o khothaletsa lithuto tsa Maafrika le barutehi ba lithuto tsa litoropo lefats'eng ka bophara ho sebelisana le ho hlaka le ho rarahana ha litoropo tsa Afrika ka mahlo a macha. Ha e ama mefuta e fapaneng ea litoropo ho pholletsa le Afrika, buka ena e sebelisa lipatlisiso tsa sengoli le ho bala ka hloko libuka tse entsoeng ke litsebi tse ling, bangoli le litsebi tse ling ho totobatsa lihlooho tse 'maloa - ho tloha ho postcolonialism ho ea ho cosmopolitanism - tse thusang ho khantša se etsahalang le ho pholletsa le litoropo tsa sebaka seo.
Thoriso bakeng sa Buka
'Metse ea Afrika: Lipono tse ling tsa Khopolo ea Litoropo le Boikoetliso ke mosebetsi o bonolo le o khothatsang. Leha a ntse a sebelisana le, a bile a na le tsebo e tebileng ea, mekhoa le likhopolo tsa morao-rao lithutong tsa litoropo le jeokrafi ea batho, Garth Myers leha ho le joalo o boetse o bula lithuto tsena ho tse ling, lipono tse ling tsa litoropo tsa Afrika tse ka fumanoang libukeng le bononong. Boitšisinyo bona ba sebete bo fana ka boemeli bo rarahaneng ka ho fetesisa, bo sa tsitsang, 'me ka holim'a tsohle, boemeli bo nang le tšepo ba libaka tsa litoropo tsa Afrika, tse fetang ka nqane ho setšoantšo se tsebahalang sa k'honthinente e aparetsoeng ke bobolu le ho hloleha, 'me e lebisitse ho baleng ba litoropo tsa Afrika e le motheo oa sejoale-joale lefatšeng ka bophara. . Mang kapa mang ea thahasellang Afrika, kapa hore na metse ea rōna e ka ba joang, o lokela ho bala buka ena.' – Moprofesa David Richards, Univesithi ea Stirling
'Metse ea Afrika: Lipono tse ling tsa Khopolo ea Litoropo le Boikoetliso e fana ka tlatsetso e kholo ho ngotseng le liphuputsong tsa morao-rao tsa litsebi mabapi le litoropo tsa Afrika. Garth Myers o phephetsa likhopolo le mehlala e tloaelehileng eo boholo ba eona e koalletseng boithuto ba litoropo tsa Afrika ka li-straightjackets tse sa thuseng ka ho khetheha ho utloisisa se hlileng se etsahalang fatše. Ka ho nka 'libaka tse lulang li sisinyeha tsa botoropo ba Afrika e le sebaka sa hae sa ho tloha, o fana ka lintlha tse ncha tse ka re thusang ho nahana bocha ka maikutlo a teng le maikutlo a fapaneng mabapi le litoropo tsa Afrika. Buka ena ea bopula-maliboho ke e lokelang ho baloa ho mang kapa mang ea nang le thahasello ea ho utloisisa matla a ho hōla ha litoropo eseng feela Afrika empa le Lefatšeng la Lefatše ka kakaretso.' - Martin J. Murray Moprofesa oa Meralo ea Litoropo, Taubman College of Architecture le Meralo ea Litoropo le Moprofesa oa Adjunct, Lithuto tsa Afrika, Setsi sa Afroamerican le African Studies, Univesithi ea Michigan
Mosebetsi oa 'Garth Myers' ke tlatsetso e kholo le e nakong e khutlisetsang boithuto ba litoropo tsa Afrika 'mapeng oa bohlale. Mosebetsi oa hae o fana ka tlhophiso e kholo hammoho le tebello e tebileng ea lihlooho tse hlahelletseng ka har'a kholo e potlakileng ea litoropo tsa Afrika. Libuka tsena ka tsela e ikhethang li leka-lekanya khopolo le ho itloaetsa ka mokhoa o fumanehang haholo. Buka ena ke 'malo oa bohlokoa bakeng sa baetsi ba meralo le barutehi le bohle ba lipakeng ba batlang ho utloisisa hamolemo kholo ea kajeno ea litoropo tsa Afrika.' - Richard Grant, Moprofesa, Lefapha la Geography le Lithuto Tsa Libaka Univesithi ea Miami le Setsebi se Phahameng sa Lipatlisiso, Moprofesa oa Adjunct, The Earth Institute, Univesithi ea Columbia
'Ka tlhokomelo e nepahetseng ho nalane e fapaneng e thehileng litoropo tsa Afrika, litabatabelo tse fapaneng, merero le merero e kentsoeng ke litoropo tsena, le ka mefuta e fapaneng ea libaka tse sebetsang, Myers o khona ho hlakisa mekhoa eo litoropo tsa Afrika li kenyang letsoho haholo ho ho etsa kutloisiso e ncha mabapi le litoropo ka kakaretso.' – Prof. AbouMaliq Simone, Goldsmiths, Univesithi ea London
'Metse ea Afrika ea Gareth Myers e fana ka moqoqo oa boiqapelo le oa bohlokoa lipakeng tsa lingoliloeng tse ntseng li hola mabapi le likhopolo le litloaelo tsa lithuto tsa litoropong le lipatlisiso tse ntseng li tsoela pele tse hlahlobang li-ethnographies, geographies, nalane hammoho le lipuisano tsa maano a litoropo tsa Afrika. Myers o ela hloko ka hloko mekhoa, mekhoa, liforomo le mesebetsi ea metse ea Afrika e amanang le, eseng feela moruong oa litoropo oa tsebo o hlahisoang ka bona, empa ka litsela tseo ba ahileng ho tsona le ho nahanoa ke baahi ba tloaelehileng, bo-ralipolotiki le litsebi tsa litoropo. O etsa 'mapa ka bohlale (mis) sebaka sa Afrika lithutong tsa litoropong hammoho le tlhahisong ea mehopolo, mekhoa, likhopolo le mekhoa ea eona. Metse ea Afrika e fana ka likhang, ho hlahlobisisa le ho kopanya tse thata tsa lingoliloeng tsa litoropo le tsa Afrika ho latela lipale tsa litoropo ho hlophisa bocha lithuto tsa litoropong tsa thiori le tsebo e sebetsang. Ka ho kenyelletsa lithuto tse tsoang ho phihlelo e nang le mefuta e mengata e fapaneng, e rarahaneng le e sa lebelloang ea metse ea Afrika le mekhatlo ea litoropong, Myers o bula libaka tse ncha tsa lipatlisiso le tlhaloso lithutong tsa litoropo.' – Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and History, Columbia University