Higher Education Transformation in Africa
A Quest for Epistemological Rupture
- 296 pages
- English
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Higher Education Transformation in Africa
A Quest for Epistemological Rupture
About this book
This book critically interrogates the notion of transformation in higher education, focusing on epistemological and structural issues in postcolonial and contemporary Africa.
The book considers the multifaceted challenges facing higher education in the continent and uses the concept of transformation as a common thread weaving through a range of issues, including epistemology, identity, relevance, research, collaboration and decoloniality. Arguing for a holistic approach towards progressive and innovative education systems, the book calls for a fundamental transformation that expands access, enhances quality and competitiveness, addresses past injustices and improves the capacity to act together for a more sustainable and just future. Overall, the book makes a powerful case for the power of transformation in higher education to shape the social, economic and cultural fabric of society.
This book's critical evaluation of knowledge production in Africa will be an important read for researchers and policymakers involved in Africa's higher education sector.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 South-South inter-epistemic dialogue and Africanisation of African universities: Language, knowledge and decolonial impulses
- 3 Locally assisted epistemicide as a challenge to African epistemic autonomy
- 4 Decolonising and indigenising African Indigenous research: Why Indigenous ways of knowing, being and living matter in research
- 5 From access to success: Decolonising the teaching of academic literacy
- 6 Interrogation of decoloniality in higher education curriculum reform: Examining influences of the subconscious mind
- 7 Decolonisation of education in Africa: Imperatives of purposeful fusion of Indigenous knowledge systems and exogenous factors
- 8 Financial-intellectual complex revisited: Framing education research in Africa
- 9 Privatisation, flawed educational assessment, and encumbered higher education access
- 10 The resilient epistemic empire and neoliberal constructions of higher education and the university: A case study of the National University of Lesotho
- 11 Enhancing the responsive capacities of Ethiopian public universities: The role of sustainable professional higher education leadership and management training programmes
- 12 Expanding research profile: A case study of strategic planning at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- 13 Africa–China engagement in higher education: Issues and questions
- 14 Conclusion
- Index