From Ivory Towers To Ebony Towers - Transforming Humanities Curricula In South Africa, Africa And African-American Studies (Paperback)

Despite two-and-a-half decades of black majority rule after 1994, much of South African higher education in the area of humanities continues to embrace European models and paradigms. This is despite concepts such as Africanisation, indigenisation and decolonisation of the curriculum having become buzzwords, especially after the #MustFall campaigns, student-led protests from 2015.

This book argues that, beyond the use of internally constructed strategies to foster curriculum transformation in South Africa, it is important to draw lessons from the curriculum transformation efforts of other African countries and African-American studies in the United States (US).

The end of colonialism in Africa from the 1950s marked the most important era in curriculum transformation efforts in African higher education, evident in the rise of leading decolonial schools: the Ibadan School of History, the Dar es Salaam School of Political Economy and the Dakar School of Culture. These centres used rigorous research methods such as nationalist historiography and oral sources to challenge Eurocentric epistemologies. African-American studies emerged in the US from the 1920s to debunk notions of white superiority and challenge racist ideas and structures in international relations. The two important schools of this scholarship were the Atlanta School of Sociology and the Howard School of International Affairs.

General

Imprint:	Jacana Media
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	March 2020
Editors:	Oluwaseun Tella • Shireen Motala
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-1-928232-90-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN:	1-928232-90-6
Barcode:	9781928232902

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