Description
In the first ACUSAfrica seminar of 2022, James Isabirye, Christopher Knaus, Takako Mino and Johannes Seroto will speak to their forthcoming book, 'Decolonising African Higher Education: Practitioner Perspectives from Across the Continent'.The seminar will explore the questions: How do we recenter indigeneity in African higher education? and, How are scholar-practitioners in Africa already doing this in practical ways?
The editors will frame how they each approach decoloniality in higher education, after which Dr James Isabirye of Kyambogo University in Uganda will provide a practical example of this recentering work. Through a project to revive the Buganda royal drums, Dr Isabirye observed a master teacher engage indigenous modes of learning to teach university students and other musicians how to play the royal drums.
About the Book
This book clarifies decolonial efforts to transform higher education from anti-Black racism, capitalist materialism, and global destruction. Writers are university administrators and faculty who challenge contemporary colonial education, exploring tangible ways to decolonise structures, curricula, pedagogy, research, and community relationships. Ultimately, we call for a global commitment to develop Indigenous African-led systems of higher education that foster multilingual communities, local knowledges, and localised approaches to global problems. In shifting from a Western-centric lens to multifaceted African- centrism, we reclaim decoloniality from co-optation, repositioning African intellectualism at the core of higher education to sustain an Ubuntu-based humanity.
| Period | 25 Apr 2022 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- higher education
- Africa
- decolonisation
- decoloniality
- indigeneity
- critical university studies