Epistemic freedom in Africa: deprovincialization and decolonization by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Masixole Booi

doi:10.36615/sotls.v4i1.143

Masixole Booi

Rhodes University

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decolonisation, politics of knowledge, epistemic freedom, social justice, epistemic justice

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In this review of Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni's Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization, Masixole Booi explains in detail how the book focuses on the history and politics of knowledge production and how Africa has been located on the marginal lines of such ‘knowledge production’.

Key words: decolonisaiton, politics of knowledge, epistemic freedom, social justice, epistemic justice

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Booi, M. 2020. Book review: Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S.J. 2018. Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 4, n. 1, p. 89-96. April 2020. Available at:
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Apr 28, 2020

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Epistemic freedom in Africa: deprovincialization and decolonization by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. (2020). Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South (SOTL) in the South, 4(1), 89-96. https://doi.org/10.36615/sotls.v4i1.143

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