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Education and Epistemicide in Africa: Towards an Ubuntu-Based Comprehensive Model of Education

Education and Epistemicide in Africa: Towards an Ubuntu-Based Comprehensive Model of Education

Jeanine Ntihirageza, Aissetu Ibrahima
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781799874928|ISBN10: 1799874923|EISBN13: 9781799874935
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch015
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Ntihirageza, Jeanine, and Aissetu Ibrahima. "Education and Epistemicide in Africa: Towards an Ubuntu-Based Comprehensive Model of Education." Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Rendani Tshifhumulo and Tshimangadzo Justice Makhanikhe, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 275-293. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch015

APA

Ntihirageza, J. & Ibrahima, A. (2022). Education and Epistemicide in Africa: Towards an Ubuntu-Based Comprehensive Model of Education. In R. Tshifhumulo & T. Makhanikhe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems (pp. 275-293). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch015

Chicago

Ntihirageza, Jeanine, and Aissetu Ibrahima. "Education and Epistemicide in Africa: Towards an Ubuntu-Based Comprehensive Model of Education." In Handbook of Research on Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems, edited by Rendani Tshifhumulo and Tshimangadzo Justice Makhanikhe, 275-293. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7492-8.ch015

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Abstract

Epistemicide is the exclusion or elimination of indigenous knowledge systems at the expense of the imperious, domineering, and colonial knowledge systems. To combat epistemicide in Africa and liberate the minds of the current generation, the authors propose a comprehensive ubuntu based model of education. This model suggests four interrelated strategies of liberation: 1) decolonization, 2) revalorization, 3) revitalization, and 4) construction and creation (DRRC) of knowledge. This chapter examines the contextual and conceptual background of education in Africa through a historical lens, provides a detailed description of the proposed model, and outlines some potential implementation challenges.

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