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      African Discourses on the Africanization and Decolonization of Social and Human Sciences

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      Journal of Black Studies
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          The purpose of this paper is to bring together some discourses from the authors of the books that made their marks in their days and from which we can learn more about the ongoing debate on decolonization and Africanization. Taking the historical perspective, first the paper builds its argument by showing how the current social science is still run according to the vestiges of orthodoxy. This is followed by a brief history of decolonial thoughts in Africa while the third point describes the challenges found in the recent debate on decolonization and leads to the conclusion that while the impact of this debate has been well documented, its discourses need to be retouched and supplemented before we could see its much bigger impact in Africa.

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          Decolonizing the university: New directions

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            Decolonisation of higher education: Dismantling epistemic violence and Eurocentrism in South Africa

            Since the end of the oppressive and racist apartheid system in 1994, epistemologies and knowledge systems at most South African universities have not considerably changed; they remain rooted in colonial, apartheid and Western worldviews and epistemological traditions. The curriculum remains largely Eurocentric and continues to reinforce white and Western dominance and privilege. This article traces the roots of Eurocentrism and epistemic violence at universities. The author argues that South Africa must tackle and dismantle the epistemic violence and hegemony of Eurocentrism, completely rethink, reframe and reconstruct the curriculum and place South Africa, Southern Africa and Africa at the centre of teaching, learning and research. However, this will not be easy as opposition to change is entrenched in the university structures. The movement to radically transform and decolonise higher education must find ways to hold institutions accountable and maintain the non-violent and intellectual struggle until epistemic violence and Eurocentrism are dismantled.
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              The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

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                Journal of Black Studies
                Journal of Black Studies
                SAGE Publications
                0021-9347
                1552-4566
                January 2021
                September 13 2020
                January 2021
                : 52
                : 1
                : 50-76
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                [1 ]IIE-MSA, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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                10.1177/0021934720957071
                bbd1e0bb-271e-4407-8149-822d01e72e43
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