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The central argument in this book revolves around the significance of an African philosophy of higher education. Such a philosophy is geared towards cultivating democratic iterations, co-belonging, and critique within human encounters. Together, these actions can enhance intellectual activism within and beyond the encounters. A philosophy of higher education is constituted by a philosophical act of reflexivity according to which (how), freedom (both autonomous and communal), cosmopolitanism (learning to live with differences and otherness), and caring with others (ubuntu) can be rhythmically practised. What makes an African philosophy of higher education distinctive and realisable is that practices ought to be based on iterations, co-belonging, and critique. If intellectual activism were not to become a major act of resistance on the basis of which educational, political, and societal dystopias can be undermined, such a philosophy of higher education would not have a real purpose. An African philosophy of higher education is an intellectually activist endeavour because of its concern to be oppositional to constraints in and about higher education. In conversation with such an understanding of this philosophy, contributors to this volume offer responses to why human freedom, cosmopolitanism, and caring with others (ubuntu) can be rhythmically enacted.
Contents
Foreword
Emiliano Bosio
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Understanding African Philosophy of Higher Education: On Philosophical Reflexivity
Yusef Waghid
1 Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education
Yusef Waghid
2 Repositioning African Philosophy of Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Thokozani Mathebula
3 Pedagogy That Encapsulates Rhythmic Caring: Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education
Judith Terblanche
4 An Ubuntu Philosophy of Higher Education as Justice
Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu
5 The Potentiality of Cultivating a Culture of Mutuality in a Multicultural Society: A Transformative Pedagogical Encounter with the Other
Monica Zembere and Innocent Madenga
6 Equipping Aspiring Chartered Accountants as Responsible Leaders: Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education within the Higher Education Accounting Pedagogy
Elton Pullen
7 African Philosophy of Higher Education for Human Formation and Civil Society Development: Engaging Yusef Waghid's Philosophical Ideas
Lester Brian Shawa
8 Higher Education in Zimbabwe
Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe and Juliet Thondhlana
9 Broadening the Scope of the Discourse on Africanisation of Higher Education to Encompass Quality Assurance and Promotion
Amani T. Saidi and Sindisiwe P. Mbhele
10 Higher Education in Somalia: Historical and Contemporary Analyses
Ali A. Abdi and Abdiqani A. Farah
11 Reimagining Educational Technology (EdTech) through Ubuntu
Faiq Waghid and Zayd Waghid
12 African Philosophy with(out) Philosophers: Revisiting the 'African' Philosopher of Education in African Higher Education
Joseph Pardon Hungwe
13 A 'Decolonial Turn' in Higher Education: Some Reflections
Philip Higgs
Index
