ABSTRACT

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideology on the nature and sources of knowledge in African universities.

Written by African scholars, the book engages with debates around the commodification of knowledge, socially just knowledge, knowledge transformation, collaboration, and partnerships, and indigenous knowledge systems. It challenges the neoliberal approach to knowledge production and dissemination in African universities and contributes to debates around decolonising knowledge production in Africa. The chapters draw on experiences from universities in different sub-Saharan countries to show how the manifestation of neo-colonialism through the pursuit of the hegemonic neoliberal philosophy is impacting on decolonising university knowledge in Africa.

Providing a unique critique of the impact of neoliberal higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students in the field of Sociology of Education, decolonising education, Inclusive Education, and Education Policy.

chapter 1|10 pages

Questioning the Neoliberal Agenda

What is to Know in the African University?

chapter 3|19 pages

The African University in the Neoliberal Era

In Pursuit of Socially-Just Knowledges in the 21st Century

chapter 5|14 pages

Commodification of Knowledge in the African University

Prospects for Market-Led Higher Education

chapter 6|12 pages

Reclaiming the Identity of an African University in the Context of Globalisation

Prospects and Entrenched Challenges

chapter 9|13 pages

Scholarly Publications and the Peer-Review Process

Focusing on Decoloniality

chapter 10|9 pages

The Hegemonic Neoliberal Knowledges in the African University

Which Way Now and Then?

chapter |1 pages

Afterword