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Negotiating the Fabric of the African University
Volume 1 â Global Narratives and Local Models
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This book is the first volume of two edited collections that critically assess the historical and contemporary processes that have shaped the formation and transformation of the African university. It provides general perspectives, reflections, and a selection of case studies from different regions and higher education systems, highlighting the vibrant debates on the social and institutional life of universities in Africa. The chapters assembled here capture the rich experiences, strategies, and analyses of students, lecturers, researchers, and administrators, showcasing the university as a dynamic lived experience.
Contributors are: Kasturi Behari-Leak, Eli Bitzer, Destin Feutseu Dassi, David Kaldewey, PatrÃcio V. Langa, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Elisio Macamo, Teboho Moja, Mariah Mosomi, Bakheit Mohammed Nur, Lerato Posholi, Leonie Schoelen and Cecilé Swart.
Contributors are: Kasturi Behari-Leak, Eli Bitzer, Destin Feutseu Dassi, David Kaldewey, PatrÃcio V. Langa, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Elisio Macamo, Teboho Moja, Mariah Mosomi, Bakheit Mohammed Nur, Lerato Posholi, Leonie Schoelen and Cecilé Swart.
PatrÃcio V. Langa is Professor of Sociology, Higher Education, Science and Policy Studies, at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, Chair of the Africa Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (Ghana), Research Affiliate at the Forum International Wissenschaft, University of Bonn, and Senior Research Fellow at the University Alliance Ruhr, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany.
David Kaldewey is Professor for Science Studies and Science Policy at the University of Bonn and co-spokesperson of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research. He holds a doctorate in sociology from Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the changing relationship of science, society, and politics. His research interests include the identity work of scientists and science policy makers, the crisis of truth as a challenge to science communication, and the sociology of universities in world society.
David Kaldewey is Professor for Science Studies and Science Policy at the University of Bonn and co-spokesperson of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research. He holds a doctorate in sociology from Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the changing relationship of science, society, and politics. His research interests include the identity work of scientists and science policy makers, the crisis of truth as a challenge to science communication, and the sociology of universities in world society.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing Models
âPatrÃcio V. Langa and David Kaldewey
2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in Africa
âElÃsio Macamo
3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial Imaginary
âKasturi Behari-Leak
4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement
âTeboho Moja
5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in Kenya
âMariah Mosomi
6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education
âLerato Posholi
7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge Politics
âBakheit Mohammed Nur
8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in Algeria
âLeonie Schoelen
9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in Cameroon
âDestin Feutseu Dassi
10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of Technology
âLaetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing Models
âPatrÃcio V. Langa and David Kaldewey
2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in Africa
âElÃsio Macamo
3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial Imaginary
âKasturi Behari-Leak
4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement
âTeboho Moja
5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in Kenya
âMariah Mosomi
6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education
âLerato Posholi
7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge Politics
âBakheit Mohammed Nur
8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in Algeria
âLeonie Schoelen
9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in Cameroon
âDestin Feutseu Dassi
10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of Technology
âLaetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart
International academic community (Higher education research, social sciences, humanities, education, policy, science, technology, and innovation); policy makers and key stakeholders; higher education managers and science communication experts; the larger public, incl. students and journalists