Decolonising African University Knowledges, Volume 2: Challenging the Neoliberal Mantra [Paperback]

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideology on the nature and sources of knowledge in African universities.

1.Questioning the Neoliberal Agenda: What is to Know in the African University?  2.Can/Should African Universities be World-Class?: A Critical Purview.  3.The African University in the Neoliberal Era: In Pursuit of Socially-Just Knowledges in the 21^st Century.  4.Authoritarian Neoliberalism, Kleptocracy and the Complicity of the African Academe.  5.Commodification of Knowledge in the African University: Prospects for Market-Led Higher Education.  6.Reclaiming the Identity of an African University in the Context of Globalisation: Prospects and Entrenched Challenges.  7.Utilisation of Indigenous Knowledge in the Teaching and Learning of Disaster Management in Zimbabwean Universities.  8.Students Transition from Extended to Mainstream Programmes at a South African University.  9.Scholarly Publications and the Peer-Review process: Focusing on Decoloniality.  10.The Hegemonic Neoliberal Knowledges in the African University: Which Way Now and Then?  Afterword

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideology on the nature and sources of knowledge in African universities.

Written by African scholars, the book engages with debates around the commodification of knowledge, socially just knowledge, knowledge transformation, collaboration, and partnerships, and indigenous knowledge systems. It challenges the neoliberal approach to knowledge production and dissemination in African universities and contributes to debates around decolonising knowledge produl³_