Short Abstract

This panel examines how African scholars lead efforts to decolonise higher education by challenging Western dominance, advancing indigenous knowledge, and fostering inclusive, equitable universities through digital innovation and global scholarly collaboration.

Description

The systems of higher education in the world are geared towards marginalizing African views and knowledge systems, a colonial past. With the world experiencing a process of reimagining, the African scholars are leading on the decolonisation front, with the challenge of breaking the Western dominated academic systems that have long marginalized the indigenous knowledge. The panel will address how African scholars are transforming higher education with the concept of decolonial thinking, to appreciate the African intellectual traditions, African histories, and African epistemologies. It will dwell on how African universities are very important in the development of new generations of scholars who will not only pay lip service to the decolonisation of knowledge as theories but also put them into practice. Another area that the panel will venture into is the global effect of African scholarship using digital medium and international partnerships. This panel will explore how to provide a platform for critical discussions on how African scholars can redefine higher education. The goal is to ensure that academic institutions around the world become more inclusive and equitable, guaranteeing a brighter and fairer future for everyone.

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