Epistemic Freedom in Africa - Deprovincialization and Decolonization (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Epistemic Freedom in Africa is about the struggle for African people to think, theorize, interpret the world and write from where they are located, unencumbered by Eurocentrism. The imperial denial of common humanity to some human beings meant that in turn their knowledges and experiences lost their value, their epistemic virtue. Now, in the twenty-first century, descendants of enslaved, displaced, colonized, and racialized peoples have entered academies across the world, proclaiming loudly that they are human beings, their lives matter and they were born into valid and legitimate knowledge systems that are capable of helping humanity to transcend the current epistemic and systemic crises. Together, they are engaging in diverse struggles for cognitive justice, fighting against the epistemic line which haunts the twenty-first century.

The renowned historian and decolonial theorist Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni offers a penetrating and well-argued case for centering Africa as a legitimate historical unit of analysis and epistemic site from which to interpret the world, whilst simultaneously making an equally strong argument for globalizing knowledge from Africa so as to attain ecologies of knowledges. This is a dual process of both deprovincializing Africa, and in turn provincializing Europe. The book highlights how the mental universe of Africa was invaded and colonized, the long-standing struggles for 'an African university', and the trajectories of contemporary decolonial movements such as Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall in South Africa. This landmark work underscores the fact that only once the problem of epistemic freedom has been addressed can Africa achieve political, cultural, economic and other freedoms.

This groundbreaking new book is accessible to students and scholars across Education, History, Philosophy, Ethics, African Studies, Development Studies, Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Postcolonial Studies and the emerging field of Decolonial Studies.

The Open Access versions Chapter 1 and Chapter 9, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429492204 have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Seek Ye Epistemic Freedom First

2. Nomenclature of Decolonization

3. The Onto-Decolonial Turn

4. Reconstituting the Political

5. Reinventing Africa

6. Epistemic Legitimacy of Africa

7. Education/University in Africa

8. National Question

9. Rhodes Must Fall

10. Conclusion: African Futures

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Rethinking Development
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	282
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-58859-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-58859-8
Barcode:	9781138588592

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