Higher Education Transformation in Africa: A Quest for Epistemological Rupture

Author:   Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis ,  Logan Govender ,  Dennis Zami Atibuni
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Pages:   274
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
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Higher Education Transformation in Africa: A Quest for Epistemological Rupture


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Author:   Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis ,  Logan Govender ,  Dennis Zami Atibuni
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032866123


ISBN 10:   1032866128
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Chapter 1: Introduction Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis, Logan Govender and Dennis Zami Atibuni Chapter 2: South–South Inter-Epistemic Dialogue and Africanisation of African Universities: Language, Knowledge and Decolonial Impulses Hamza R’boul Chapter 3: The Challenge of Locally Assisted Epistemicide to African Epistemic Autonomy Babalola Joseph Balogun Chapter 4: Decolonising and Indigenising African Indigenous Research: Why Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being and Living Matter in Research Monicca Thulisile Bhuda Chapter 5: From Access to Success: Decolonising the Teaching of Academic Literacy Brian Sibanda and Thandeka Maseko Chapter 6: Interrogation of Decoloniality in Higher Education Curriculum Reform: Examining Influences of the Subconscious Mind Jabulani Nyoni Chapter 7: Decolonisation of Education in Africa: Imperatives for Fusing Indigenous Knowledge Systems N’drie Assie-Lumumba Chapter 8: Financial–Intellectual Complex Revisited: Framing Education Research in Africa Joel Samoff Chapter 9: Privatisation, Flawed Educational Assessment, and Encumbered Higher Education Access Dennis Zami Atibuni Chapter 10: The Resilient Epistemic Empire and Neoliberal Constructions of Higher Education and the University: A Case Study of the National University of Lesotho Munyaradzi Mushonga Chapter 11: Enhancing the Responsive Capacities of Ethiopian Public Universities: The Role of Sustainable Professional Higher Education Leadership and Management Training Programmes Yohannes Mehari, Rediet Abebe, Elias Pekkola, Jussi Kivistö and Seppo Hölttä Chapter 12: Reimagining and Realising an Expanded Research Profile: A Case Study of Strategic Planning at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa Kirti Menon, Saurabh Sinha, Denyse Webbstock, Nolwazi Mamorare, Letlhokwa Mpedi, Tshilidzi Marwala and Bettine van Vuuren Chapter 13: Africa–China Engagement in Higher Education: Issues and Questions Jane Knight and You Zhang Chapter 14: Conclusion Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis, Dennis Zami Atibuni and Logan Govender Index

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Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis is an Associate Professor and Director at the Ali Mazrui Center for Higher Education Studies (AMCHES), University of Johannesburg. He is a distinguished NRF-rated researcher with a portfolio of over 30 peerreviewed academic publications, primarily focusing on higher education research. Logan Govender, prior to his appointment as a Research Associate at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies (AMCHES), University of Johannesburg, he was a Senior Lecturer at AMCHES. A National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researcher, he has several research-based, peer-reviewed publications to his credit, focusing on education policy analysis, teacher union-state relations and higher education transformation. Dennis Zami Atibuni is a Research Fellow at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies (AMCHES) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include student (research) engagement; educational assessment; pre-service and in-service teacher education; student and staff mentorship; diversity, equity and inclusion and psychological determinants of effective academic leadership at higher educational institutions.

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