Systemic decolonisation needs a pan-African approach

Abstract

Mounting pressure for the decolonisation of higher education presents progressive opportunities for epistemic freedom and the emergence of universities that are authentic African universities, according to Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, the chair in epistemologies of the Global South at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. As part of the decolonisation process, he says, universities in Africa must enable their students to think for themselves in order to foster relevant knowledge and counter the widespread alienation and mental harm that stalk higher education on the continent.