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Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Epistemic freedom in Africa : deprovincialization and decolonization /Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni - , New York :Routledge , 2018 - xvi, 266 p. ;24 cm. - Rethinking development .


Introduction: Seek ye epistemic freedom first
Nomenclature of decolonization
The onto-decolonial turn
Reconstituting the political
Reinventing Africa
Epistemic legitimacy of Africa
Education/university in Africa
National question
Rhodes must fall
Conclusion: African futures

Epistemic Freedom in Africa is about the struggle for African people to think, theorise, interpret the world and write from where they are located, unencumbered by Eurocentrism. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni argues the need to globalise knowledge from Africa, and to centre Africa as a legitimate epistemic site from which to interpret the world.

ISBN: 9781138588592

Publisher. No.: Zafaa Books & Distributors ;313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political Science

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
;Social epistemology--;Colonial influence

Dewey Class. No.: 306.42096 NDL