Decolonisation of higher education: Dismantling epistemic violence and Eurocentrism in South Africa

Since the end of the oppressive and racist apartheid system in 1994, epistemologies and knowledge systems at most South African universities have not considerably changed; they remain rooted in colonial, apartheid and Western worldviews and epistemological traditions. The curriculum remains largely...

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Main Author: Savo Heleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-10-01
Series:Transformation in Higher Education
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Online Access:http://thejournal.org.za/index.php/thejournal/article/view/9