Decolonisation of Education in African Contexts

Abstract

Empowerment of students at various South African universities, as agents of change entails acquisition of knowledge and skills that are actually contextualized in real African; while at the same time, students can globally compete with their contemporaries. To actualize learning in this context, as the reality that can indeed transform students into responsive citizenry, the calls for decolonisation of curriculum and methodology in South African universities continue to enjoy clamours from both students and the academics. The question remains, how can education be decolonised in South African universities, if the curriculum offered to students in each higher institution remains ethnocentric and Western in both nature and structures? Decolonisa-tion of education therefore, revolves around the academic staff that facilitates teaching and learning. Theories of social realism and social transformation have been used to underpin this article review. The paper, therefore recommends...