A paradigmatic “inoutsider” scholar in African psychology: Tribute to Professor Thomas Leonard (Len) Holdstock

Augustine Nwoye*, Lesiba Baloyi

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Abstract

This comment aims to memorialize Professor Thomas Len Holdstock (1934–2022). Professor Holdstock was an eminent foundational scholar in the fledgling field of African psychology. His pioneer contributions in African-centred psychology demonstrate that scholarship and excellence in African psychology is not a preserve of native Africans but rightly belongs to any scholar from any culture who could take up the “inoutsider” identity to study and understand the psychology of Africans from the Africans’ perspective.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)736-742
Number of pages7
JournalTheory and Psychology
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • African perspective
  • African psychology
  • Holdstock
  • postcolonial discipline
  • “inoutsider”

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