Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies

Knowledge Production, Epistemic Imperialism and Black Agency
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-37441-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Political Pedagogies

Chapter 1 “Re-Storying African (Studies) Pedagogies: Decolonizing Knowledge and Centering Black Agency?” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khalema, Nene Ernest

Andrews, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Re-Storying African (Studies) Pedagogies: Decolonizing Knowledge and Centering Black Agency?.- Chapter 2. Beyond Reaction: (Re)-Imagining African agency in the decolonization of knowledge.- Chapter 3. Africa, Knowledge Production and Scholarly Prestige.- Chapter 4. RepresentationMatters: Unpacking the Prevalence of Whiteness in the Teaching of African Studies Abroad.- Chapter 5. Constructing Knowledge about Africa in a South African University Classroom: Living Creatively with the Colonial Library.- Chapter 6. ‘Dem European teachings in my African school’: Unpacking coloniality and Eurocentric hegemony in African education through Burna Boy’s Monsters You Made.- Chapter 7. Is Sub-Saharan Africa a knowledge society or economy?.- Chapter 8. The Perceived Universality of the West and the Silencing of ‘Africa’ in Western Syllabi of International Relations.- Chapter 9. The Façade of ‘Transforming’ Post-Apartheid Universities in South Africa: Towards African-Centred Practices and Processes of Redress. Chapter 10. Agency, Africanity, and Some Propositions for Engaged Scholarship.

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Andrews is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University, Canada.

Nene Ernest Khalema is Professor and Dean/Head of School of Built Environment & Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.