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Samuel Fongwa, Abdelkader Djeflat, Ishmael I. Munene - African Universities from Medieval to Post-Modern, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

African Universities from Medieval to Post-Modern

Evolution, Complexities and Future Prospects

Av Samuel Fongwa, Abdelkader Djeflat, Ishmael I. Munene

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African Universities from Medieval to Post-Modern challenges dominant colonial and Eurocentric narratives by tracing the history of African higher education. Reclaiming medieval and indigenous epistemologies, it reframes the decolonization agenda as a practical strategy for institutional transformation, curriculum reform, and policy design.Through cross-national studies and interdisciplinary methods, chapters document how medieval learning centers shaped disciplines, research cultures, and university–community linkages that survived colonial disruption. The collections demonstrates how integrating African ways of knowing can broaden methodological pluralism, strengthen university relevance, and resist global North hegemony. It highlights implications for governance and stakeholder engagement, proposing pathways for universities to become more responsive, equitable, and socially embedded.
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Samuel Fongwa is a Program Officer at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, South Africa.Abdelkader Djeflat is Professor in Economics formerly at the University of Lille, France and at the Clerse Laboratory (CNRS).Ishmael I. Munene is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University, USA.

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This book stands as a pivotal work that successfully repositions African scholarship within its ancient and medieval foundations, tracing an intellectual lineage from the Pharaonic period and the Islamic Golden Age to the present. By confronting the historical amnesia that often frames African higher education as a mere post-colonial product, this book offers a powerful emancipatory reappropriation of the continent’s rich heritage. It serves as an essential roadmap for a decolonised renaissance, using robust frameworks like Valentin-Yves Mudimbe’s colonial library to challenge Eurocentric narratives and reclaim Africa’s unique intellectual identity.

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