ABSTRACT
Coloniality, which symbolises the legacy of imperialism, remains vividly visible in African education. The curriculum content, languages, and traditions remain dominantly White and Western. Such outcries were exposed in student protests in South African higher education, such as #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall. Student movements have been calling for the uprooting of colonial practices in African universities and education. Social work education is not immune from such criticism since its professionalisation has been governed by the legacy of colonial structures, which created a lack of culturally relevant and inclusive education. This chapter unpacks a way forward through engaging with decolonial approaches that provide examples of ways to develop context-based social work. We present two pathways for developing culturally relevant social work education, focused on language and knowledge. Both demonstrate the role of pedagogy in decolonising and achieving change: (1) translanguaging and the use of African languages in social work education; (2) epistemic injustice, experiential knowledge, and epistemological access in social work education.
Ikholoniyalithi ekhombisa ukusalela kokubuswa amanye amazwe ibonakala ngokucacile kwimfundo yase Afrika. Okuqukethwe ikharikhulamu, izilimi, usiko kuyizinsalela zokubuswa abaMhlophe kanye neNtshonalanga. Lezi zikhalo zivezwe imibhikisho yabafundi kumabanga aphakeme emfundo eningizimu Afrika ezifana no #IzimaliKufaneleZiwe Kanye ne #RhodesKufaneleIwe. Inhlangano yabafundi ibilokhu ifuna kuqedwe imikhuba yobukoloni emanyuvesi nasemfundweni yase-Afrika. Imfundo yomsebenzi wezenhlalakahle ayivikelekile ekugxekweni okunjalo ngenxa yokuthi ukuqeqeshwa kwayo kuye kwalawulwa yifa lezakhiwo zamakholoni ezadala ukuntuleka kwemfundo ehambisana namasiko nebandakanya wonke umuntu. Lesi sahluko sivula indlela eya phambili ngokuzibandakanya nezindlela ze-dikholoniyalithi ezinikeza izibonelo zezindlela zokuthuthukisa umsebenzi wezenhlalakahle osekelwe kumongo. Sethula izindlela ezimbili zokuthuthukisa imfundo yomsebenzi wezenhlalakahle ehambisana namasiko, egxile olimini nolwazi, kokubili kubonisa indima ye-phedagoji ekuqedeni ukoloni nokufezekisa ushintsho: 1) Ukuhumusha kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezilimi zase-Afrika emfundweni yezenhlalakahle; 2) Ukungabi nabulungiswa kwe-zazi lwazi, ulwazi lokuhlangenwe nakho, ukufinyelela ezifundweni zolwazi emfundweni yomsebenzi wezenhlalakahle.
