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Epistemic freedom in Africa : deprovincialization and decolonization /Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: Zafaa Books & Distributors | ;313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035Series: Rethinking developmentPublication details: , New York :Routledge , 2018Description: xvi, 266 p. ;24 cmISBN:
  • 9781138588592
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.42096 NDL
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

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