Which road to decolonizing the curricula? Interrogating African higher education futures

Abstract

African universities need to decolonize their curricula, the sooner the better. Both the content and the teaching methods need to be evaluated. Decolonization means that Africans have both control over the process of for mulating curricula and the knowledge produced through them. However, decolonization should not mean teaching only about Africa or isolating the continent from the rest of the world, but teaching what is useful to African societies under its natural environment. A key facet of decolonization must also entail the development of Africa situated perspectives on global problems, such as inequality, terrorism, and climate change. Africa must position itself as owner, producer and user of local knowledge that also has regional and global resonance.