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024	7		_a10.1007/978-94-6300-842-6 _2DOI
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245	1	0	_aKnowledge and Change in African Universities : _bVolume 1 – Current Debates / _cMichael Cross, Amasa Ndofirepi.
264		1	_aLeiden, _aBoston : _bBrill | Sense, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAfrican Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives; _vv. 1
490	0		_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material / _rMichael Cross and Amasa Ndofirepi -- _tUniversity Knowledge for Societal Change in Africa / _rAmasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- _tReinventing Greatness / _rIhron Rensburg -- _tUbuntu / _rYusef Waghid -- _tKnowledge as a Public Good / _rAmasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross -- _tThe Conditions That Make a Difference / _rJulia Suárez-Krabbe -- _tKnowledge, Globalisation and the African University / _rKingston Nyamapfene and Amasa Ndofirepi -- _tAfricanisation and Diverse Epistemologies in Higher Education Discourses / _rKai Horsthemke -- _tHigher Education Transformation in South Africa / _rSipho Seepe -- _tInterrogating the Civic Role of South African Universities / _rJoseph Jinja Divala -- _tDecolonisation of Knowledge in the African University / _rBirgit Brock-Utne -- _tInternationalisation and Africanisation in a Globalising World / _rBheki R. Mngomezulu -- _tAfricanisation of Humanities Knowledge in the Universities in Africa / _rNeo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi and Roland Ndille Ntongwe -- _tAbout the Contributors / _rMichael Cross and Amasa Ndofirepi.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aBesides the ongoing concern with the epistemological and theoretical hegemony of the West in African academic practice, the book aims at understanding how knowledge is produced and controlled through the interplay of the politics of knowledge and current intellectual discourses in universities in Africa. In this regard, the book calls for African universities to relocate from the position of object to subject in order to gain a form of liberated epistemological voice more responsive to the social and economic complexities of the continent. In itself, this is a critical exposé of contemporary practices in knowledge advancement in the continent. Broadly the book addresses the following questions: How can African universities reinvent knowledge production and dissemination in the face of the dominant Eurocentricism so pervasive and characteristic of academic practice in Africa to enhance their relevance to the contexts in which they operate? How can such change, particularly at knowledge production and distribution levels, be undertaken, without falling into an intellectual and discursive ghettoization in the global context? What then is the role of academics, policy makers and curriculum and program designers in dealing with biases and distortions to integrate policies, knowledge and pedagogy that reflect current cultural diversity, both local and global? Against this backdrop, while some contributions in this book argue that emancipatory epistemic voice in African universities is not yet born, or it is struggling with little success, many dissenting voices charge that if Africans do not take responsibility and construct knowledge strategies for their own emancipation, who will?
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zAfrica.
650		0	_aEducational change _zAfrica.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _xAims and objectives _zAfrica.
700	1		_aCross, Michael, _eeditor.
700	1		_aNdofirepi, Amasa, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tKnowledge and Change in African Universities: Volume 1 – Current Debates _dLeiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2017, _z9789463008419
830		0	_aAfrican Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives _v1.
830		0	_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-842-6
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