The aim of this article is to participate in the debate on the ‘epistemic decolonial turn’ that is popularised in Latin America, and has found succour in some African universities despite the fact that its origin is in Western Europe. The article does not intend to be exhaustive of all the orphic dimensions to this debate; rather, we intent to raise questions on th...

The aim of this article is to offer a critique of Kwame Anthony Appiah's article, 'New literature, new theory' (2000), and Achille Mbembe's On the Postcolony (2001). These two critical voices have become widely accepted in European and African academia. However, little scholarly work has been carried out to scrutinize the theoretical assumptions on which these work...

The aim of this article is to offer a critique of Kwame Anthony Appiah's article, 'New literature, new theory' (2000), and Achille Mbembe's On the Postcolony (2001). These two critical voices have become widely accepted in European and African academia. However, little scholarly work has been carried out to scrutinize the theoretical assumptions on which these work...

The paper argues that there is a serious rupture between the attempt to create a post-Apartheid social system in South Africa and social action. This affects four areas of sociality: gendering systems, livelihood systems, signifying systems and value/normative systems. The consequence of this is that actions and actors in 'civil society', in their attempt to respon...