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Indigenous African Knowledge System (IAKS) Ethos: Prospects for a Post-Colonial Curriculum

Indigenous African Knowledge System (IAKS) Ethos: Prospects for a Post-Colonial Curriculum

Ntokozo Mthembu
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799812494|ISBN10: 1799812499|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799812500|EISBN13: 9781799812517
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1249-4.ch006
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Mthembu, Ntokozo. "Indigenous African Knowledge System (IAKS) Ethos: Prospects for a Post-Colonial Curriculum." Ethical Research Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge Education, edited by Ntokozo Mthembu, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 127-153. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1249-4.ch006

APA

Mthembu, N. (2021). Indigenous African Knowledge System (IAKS) Ethos: Prospects for a Post-Colonial Curriculum. In N. Mthembu (Ed.), Ethical Research Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge Education (pp. 127-153). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1249-4.ch006

Chicago

Mthembu, Ntokozo. "Indigenous African Knowledge System (IAKS) Ethos: Prospects for a Post-Colonial Curriculum." In Ethical Research Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge Education, edited by Ntokozo Mthembu, 127-153. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1249-4.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter discovers the limitations presented by narrow cultural and moral settings and the possibility of incorporating an indigenous African knowledge systems' (IAKS) ethos to redress past injustices, especially diverse cultural values experienced in countries in the ‘global south'. However, the emergence of related protests in communities and student structures in education circles, such as calls to decolonize the curriculum and the #FeesMustFall movement. The effects of colonialism continue to be reflected in social structural settings that uphold those Aristotelian parameters that are notorious for marginalizing the knowledge of the ‘other', specifically in the ‘global south'.

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