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Book SynopsisThe central argument in this book revolves around the significance of an African philosophy of higher education. Such a philosophy is geared towards cultivating democratic iterations, co-belonging, and critique within human encounters. Together, these actions can enhance intellectual activism within and beyond the encounters. A philosophy of higher education is constituted by a philosophical act of reflexivity according to which (how), freedom (both autonomous and communal), cosmopolitanism (learning to live with differences and otherness), and caring with others (ubuntu) can be rhythmically practised. What makes an African philosophy of higher education distinctive and realisable is that practices ought to be based on iterations, co-belonging, and critique. If intellectual activism were not to become a major act of resistance on the basis of which educational, political, and societal dystopias can be undermined, such a philosophy of higher education would not have a real purpose. An African philosophy of higher education is an intellectually activist endeavour because of its concern to be oppositional to constraints in and about higher education. In conversation with such an understanding of this philosophy, contributors to this volume offer responses to why human freedom, cosmopolitanism, and caring with others (ubuntu) can be rhythmically enacted.
Table of ContentsForeword Emiliano Bosio List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Understanding African Philosophy of Higher Education: On Philosophical Reflexivity Yusef Waghid 1 Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education Yusef Waghid 2 Repositioning African Philosophy of Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa Thokozani Mathebula 3 Pedagogy That Encapsulates Rhythmic Caring: Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education Judith Terblanche 4 An Ubuntu Philosophy of Higher Education as Justice Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu 5 The Potentiality of Cultivating a Culture of Mutuality in a Multicultural Society: A Transformative Pedagogical Encounter with the Other Monica Zembere and Innocent Madenga 6 Equipping Aspiring Chartered Accountants as Responsible Leaders: Towards an African Philosophy of Higher Education within the Higher Education Accounting Pedagogy Elton Pullen 7 African Philosophy of Higher Education for Human Formation and Civil Society Development: Engaging Yusef Waghid’s Philosophical Ideas Lester Brian Shawa 8 Higher Education in Zimbabwe Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe and Juliet Thondhlana 9 Broadening the Scope of the Discourse on Africanisation of Higher Education to Encompass Quality Assurance and Promotion Amani T. Saidi and Sindisiwe P. Mbhele 10 Higher Education in Somalia: Historical and Contemporary Analyses Ali A. Abdi and Abdiqani A. Farah 11 Reimagining Educational Technology (EdTech) through Ubuntu Faiq Waghid and Zayd Waghid 12 African Philosophy with(out) Philosophers: Revisiting the ‘African’ Philosopher of Education in African Higher Education Joseph Pardon Hungwe 13 A ‘Decolonial Turn’ in Higher Education: Some Reflections Philip Higgs Index
