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Title: | Decolonising higher education in the changing world | Authors: | Fomunyam, Kehdinga George | Editors: | Fomunyam, Kehdinga George | Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2019 | Publisher: | Sun Media | Source: | Fomunyam, K.G. 2019. Decolonising higher education in the changing world. In: Decolonising higher education in the era of globalisation and internationalisation | Abstract: | The decolonisation of higher education is a critical yet highly debatable discourse in the early 21st century where scholars from across the world are moving towards a more congruent and borderless notion of education and responsiveness. The need for decolonisation in higher education, and more so in African higher education, cannot be overemphasised, especially in this era of globalisation and internationalisation where Africa and its education systems are continuously being misconstrued as possessing the same level of capital and political will to engage at a variety of levels. Education and decolonisation in Africa should embrace the notion of the pluriversal in response to the diverse contextual differences and realities permeating the local landscape, which in itself is longing for engagement and interrogation, so as to drive change and development |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10321/4649 | ISBN: | 9781928424260 |
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