Decolonising African University Knowledges, Volume 2

Challenging the Neoliberal Mantra

Amasa P. Ndofirepi, Felix Maringe, Simon Vurayai, Gloria Erima, Amasa P. Ndofirepi, Felix Maringe, Simon Vurayai, Gloria Erima

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000764185
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideology on the nature and sources of knowledge in African universities.

Written by African scholars, the book engages with debates around the commodification of knowledge, socially just knowledge, knowledge transformation, collaboration, and partnerships, and indigenous knowledge systems. It challenges the neoliberal approach to knowledge production and dissemination in African universities and contributes to debates around decolonising knowledge production in Africa. The chapters draw on experiences from universities in different sub-Saharan countries to show how the manifestation of neo-colonialism through the pursuit of the hegemonic neoliberal philosophy is impacting on decolonising university knowledge in Africa.

Providing a unique critique of the impact of neoliberal higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students in the field of Sociology of Education, decolonising education, Inclusive Education, and Education Policy.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• 1 Questioning the Neoliberal Agenda: What is to Know in the African University?
• 2 Can/Should African Universities be World-Class?: A Critical Purview
• 3 The African University in the Neoliberal Era: In Pursuit of Socially-Just Knowledges in the 21st Century
• 4 Authoritarian Neoliberalism, Kleptocracy and the Complicity of the African Academe
• 5 Commodification of Knowledge in the African University: Prospects for Market-Led Higher Education
• 6 Reclaiming the Identity of an African University in the Context of Globalisation: Prospects and Entrenched Challenges
• 7 Utilisation of Indigenous Knowledge in the Teaching and Learning of Disaster Management in Zimbabwean Universities
• 8 Students’ Transition from Extended to Mainstream Programmes at a South African University
• 9 Scholarly Publications and the Peer-Review Process: Focusing on Decoloniality
• 10 The Hegemonic Neoliberal Knowledges in the African University: Which Way Now and Then?
• Afterword
• Index