Full Description
This book discusses the status and importance of decolonisation and indigenous knowledge in academic research, teaching, and learning programmes and beyond.
Taking practical lessons from a range of institutions in Africa, the book argues that that local and global sciences are culturally equal and capable of synergistic complementarity and then integrates the concept of hybrid science into discourses on decolonisation. The chapters argue for a cross-cultural dialogue between different epistemic traditions and the accommodation 'Indigenous' knowledge systems in higher education. Bringing together critical scholars, teaching and administrating academics from different disciplines, the chapters provide alternative conceptual outlooks and practical case-based perspectives towards decolonised study environments.
This book will be of interest to researchers of decolonisation, postcolonial studies, higher education studies, political studies, African studies, and philosophy.
Contents
Introduction; 1. The Emergence of Decolonisation Debates in African Higher Education: A Historical Perspective; 2. An Integrated Approach towards Decolonising Higher Education: A Perspective from Anthropology; 3. Rethinking Linguistics at Nelson Mandela University: Emerging Decolonial Insights; 4. 'What is the Point of Studying Africa in Europe?' A Micro-ethnographic Study of Decolonising African Studies through International Post-graduates in Germany; 5. The Relationality of Knowledge and Post-colonial Endeavours - Analyzing the Definition, Emergence and Trading of Knowledge(s) from a Network Theory Perspective; 6. Conceptual Decolonisation, Endogenous Knowledge and Translation; 7. Linguistic Coexistence and Controversy in Algerian Higher Education: From Colonialisation via the Arabisation Movement to the Adoption of Hybridity; 8. Class and Literature: Cross-cutting Theorisations and Practices of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Mao Zedong in Education; 9. "Borrowed" Languages in Africa: a Reflection on the Reader-Writer Imaginary; 10. Must Decolonisation Occur on an Island? The Role of Occupation in Developing Future Visions within the #RhodesMustFall Movement; 11. Decolonisation of Knowledge on Land Governance; Epilogue: A Long Way Towards a Decolonial Future in African Higher Education
