The Decolonization of Knowledge: Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond

Jonathan D. Jansen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa),Cyrill A. Walters (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

The Decolonization of Knowledge: Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
30 June 2022
Pages
272
ISBN
9781009077934

The Decolonization of Knowledge: Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond

Jonathan D. Jansen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa),Cyrill A. Walters (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan #RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the university campus. Soon students at Oxford University called for the removal of a statue of Rhodes from Oriel College. The radical idea of decolonization at the forefront of these student protests continues to be a key element in South African educational institutions as well as those in Europe and North America. This book explores the uptake of decolonization in the institutional curriculum, given the political demands for decolonization on South African campuses, and the generally positive reception of the idea by university leaders. Based on interviews with more than two hundred academic teachers at ten universities, this is an innovative account of how institutions have engaged with, subverted, and transformed the decolonization movement since #RhodesMustFall.

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