What do you think of the concept of "African Science"?

@SuicideBiProxy2 To me, that seemed like a lot of words saying very little. You may not like the culture from which some aspects of physical science were discovered, but that doesn't change physics, it doesn't change chemistry. It doesn't change the potency of the scientific method. If she wants a more cohesive cultural identity for wherever in Africa she is from, there are more productive ways to go about that.

@Xuan12 This is at the University of Cape Town. South Africa is undergoing a cultural upheaval at the moment. As Black Africans are trying to reclaim their identity, they are doing it by destroying the contributions of White South Africans. The legacy of colonialism isn't all bad. South Africa was not only given Western education, but parliamentary democracy, human rights and access to global markets.

@SuicideBiProxy2 Well, I haven't heard the entire discussion of course, but I would start such a process with questions. What does it mean to be African? What is the heart of an African culture? Does it require the destruction of other influences, or can it persist, adapt, or grow from other influences?

Probably these questions were at least partially addressed, the idea that the status quo can be destroyed and quickly replaces with a new, African version seems a bit naïve to me. Cultures simply don't remain pure, in fact, the idea of a "pure" culture seems nonsensical when I think about it.

What would pure Italian be? Not influenced by Romans? Who were influenced by Etruscans and Greeks, who were influenced by Celts, and Egyptians, and Phoenicians, and Minoans, etc.