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African Higher Education in the 21st Century
Epistemological, Ontological and Ethical Perspectives
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How can African philosophy of education contribute to contemporary debates in the context of complexities, dilemmas and uncertainties in African higher education? The capacity for self-reflection, self-evaluation and self-criticism enables African philosophy of higher education to examine and re-examine itself in the context of current issues in African higher education. The reflective capacity is in line with the Socratic dictum âknow thy self.â African Higher Education in the 21st Century: Epistemological, Ontological and Ethical Perspectives responds to the demands for reflection and self-knowledge by drawing from ontology, epistemology and ethics in an attempt to address issues that affect African higher education as they connect with the past, present and future.
Ephraim T. Gwaravanda, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. He has published articles in Educational Review, Journal of Black Studies and Alternation. His research interests are in Epistemology, African Philosophy and Philosophy of Law.
Amasa P. Ndofirepi, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Education and Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-editor of the two-volume book Knowledge and Change in African Universities (Sense, 2017). He also co-edited Inclusion and Social Justice: Theory and Practice in African Higher Education (Brill | Sense, 2020).
Amasa P. Ndofirepi, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Education and Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-editor of the two-volume book Knowledge and Change in African Universities (Sense, 2017). He also co-edited Inclusion and Social Justice: Theory and Practice in African Higher Education (Brill | Sense, 2020).
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
1 Contextualising African Higher Education Philosophical Debates
âEphraim T. Gwaravanda and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
2 Does the African University Exist? Perverse and Necessary Dialogical Conditions
âAmasa P. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
3 The Place of an African Ontology-Based Environmental Thinking in Africaâs Higher Education
âMunamato Chemhuru
4 Epistemological Issues in African Higher Education
âKai Horsthemke
5 Towards Knowledge Pluriversality in African Universities
âEphraim T. Gwaravanda and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
6 Universities in Africa and the Quest for Global Epistemic Justice
âDennis Masaka
7 Boaventura De Sousa Santosâ Epistemologies of the South: The Case of Universities in Africa
âAmasa P. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
8 Decolonisation Debates in African Higher Education
âPascah Mungwini
9 An African Theory of the Point of Higher Education: Communion as an Alternative to Autonomy, Truth, and Citizenship
âThaddeus Metz
10 Well-Being and Land Reform: Recasting the Place of African Moral Theory in University Education
âErasmus Masitera
11 Multicultural Philosophy as Social Justice and the University in Africa
âSimon Nenji and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
12 Revisiting the Politics of Higher Education at African Universities in the 21st Century
âBheki R. Mngomezulu
13 Theorising Critical Citizenship in Two Zimbabwean Teachers Colleges Using Senâs Instrumental Freedoms
âTendai Marovah
Index
Notes on Contributors
1 Contextualising African Higher Education Philosophical Debates
âEphraim T. Gwaravanda and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
2 Does the African University Exist? Perverse and Necessary Dialogical Conditions
âAmasa P. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
3 The Place of an African Ontology-Based Environmental Thinking in Africaâs Higher Education
âMunamato Chemhuru
4 Epistemological Issues in African Higher Education
âKai Horsthemke
5 Towards Knowledge Pluriversality in African Universities
âEphraim T. Gwaravanda and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
6 Universities in Africa and the Quest for Global Epistemic Justice
âDennis Masaka
7 Boaventura De Sousa Santosâ Epistemologies of the South: The Case of Universities in Africa
âAmasa P. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
8 Decolonisation Debates in African Higher Education
âPascah Mungwini
9 An African Theory of the Point of Higher Education: Communion as an Alternative to Autonomy, Truth, and Citizenship
âThaddeus Metz
10 Well-Being and Land Reform: Recasting the Place of African Moral Theory in University Education
âErasmus Masitera
11 Multicultural Philosophy as Social Justice and the University in Africa
âSimon Nenji and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
12 Revisiting the Politics of Higher Education at African Universities in the 21st Century
âBheki R. Mngomezulu
13 Theorising Critical Citizenship in Two Zimbabwean Teachers Colleges Using Senâs Instrumental Freedoms
âTendai Marovah
Index
Policy makers, researchers, academic staff, students and other stakeholders with interest in higher education reform in Africa and the developing world, donors and funding agencies, the public in general.