Full Description
This book is the first volume of two edited collections that critically assess the historical and contemporary processes that have shaped the formation and transformation of the African university. It provides general perspectives, reflections, and a selection of case studies from different regions and higher education systems, highlighting the vibrant debates on the social and institutional life of universities in Africa. The chapters assembled here capture the rich experiences, strategies, and analyses of students, lecturers, researchers, and administrators, showcasing the university as a dynamic lived experience.
Contributors are: Kasturi Behari-Leak, Eli Bitzer, Destin Feutseu Dassi, David Kaldewey, Patrício V. Langa, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Elisio Macamo, Teboho Moja, Mariah Mosomi, Bakheit Mohammed Nur, Lerato Posholi, Leonie Schoelen and Cecilé Swart.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing Models
Patrício V. Langa and David Kaldewey
2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in Africa
Elísio Macamo
3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial Imaginary
Kasturi Behari-Leak
4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement
Teboho Moja
5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in Kenya
Mariah Mosomi
6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education
Lerato Posholi
7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge Politics
Bakheit Mohammed Nur
8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in Algeria
Leonie Schoelen
9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in Cameroon
Destin Feutseu Dassi
10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of Technology
Laetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart
