This book considers the work of the preeminent scholar on decoloniality, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, instrumental in theorising how to advance a decolonial system of education and epistemology. This book examines the development of decoloniality discourse and of considering the future direction of the African knowledge economy.
Toyin Falola, Ph.D., is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin. He is an Extraordinary Professor of Political Science, University of Pretoria, Professor of Human Rights, University of the Free State, and Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Lead City University, Ibadan. He is the recipient of many distinguished awards, including 16 honorary doctorates. He has contributed substantially to decolonization studies, most recently Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice (2022) and Decolonizing African Knowledge: Autoethnography and African Epistemologies (2022).
1: Introduction: Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni's Decolonization Vision for the World 2: Decolonization and Decoloniality 3: Marxism and Decolonization 4: Race and African Studies 5: Africa's Liberation 6: Zimbabwe in History 7: Mugabe and His Politics 8: Militarism in Africa 9: The Challenges of Higher Education 10: Futurity 11: An Epilogue: The Future of Decolonial Studies Bibliography