Afrology wants to be overall a scientific study of the organization of the contemporary social structures of Africa. It places in the heart of African social change the notion of identity.

Study of this concept rises the reflexion on the various forms of social, institutional and personal identification. Because each individual, though determined by mental and psychological structures clean, is rebuilt within the framework of the more or less broad collective identities, whose modern State is an example.

The problem arising in contemporary Africa is that of the reality of this State, federator of the institutions of socialization like the family, the village and the market. The collective identity, its delimitations and its instrumentalisation by the policy consequently constitute the major axes of the comprehension of the African company.

The objective of Afrology Think Tank is to share a vision of the current socio-economic topicality with various actors writers, economists, lawyers, data processing specialists, accountants and others. It also tries to collect on the Net and to place at the disposal of the readers some randomly selected texts. The goal: Afrology wants to create a true reflector space and debates on the African continent.

French: Afrologie

See also

• Afrology Website in french