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He wouldn't be inherently better academically, assuming in your hypothetical he has a degree in African studies like your hypothetical white man, but as man who is black he is going added benefit of being apart of the race and experiencing what it is like to that race and assumingly be raised at least partially in the culture, his father wasn't completely absent from his life - and therefore have the added benefit of relatability with not only his students, who typically are going to be African, but also relatable to the course.
Same with any other study. A white man can absolutely teach Asian studies. Sure why not? But it's intellectually dishonest to say with a straight face that an Asian professor doesn't have the added benefit of actually being Asian when teaching Asian studies.
And a Kenyan can teach European studies - our human history, our cultures and all anthropological studies are quantified in text books. So an African can explain the culture of Europe. Can dive into it's many idiosyncrasies. But again it's dishonest to claim that and African will have to same relatbitbilty and expertise on European studies than an actual European who was raised in the European culture, who is European their self.
The fact is that an Asian may or may not know the subject matter of what he is supposed to teach. A black man, an east Indian, an Arab, a Hispanic who did know the subject matter would be a far superior teacher of Asian studies than an Asian who didn't know his stuff. A black man who spent most of his life in a gang dominated, rat infested tenement culture and who has a huge chip on his shoulder because he is convinced he didn't get any breaks because he was black and who thinks THAT is the black experience might be a far worse candidate to teach cultural studies to black kids than would be the black man (or anybody else) who experienced none of that growing up but who does understand how a black man does not have to use his blackness as any kind of crutch but can succeed in life in ways to meet all his hopes or expectations. As would be a white man who understands the culture in the same way.