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The cognitive empire, politics of knowledge and African intellectual productions: reflections on struggles for epistemic freedom and resurgence of decolonisation in the twenty-first century

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Summary: This article discusses the contribution of African intellectuals to the decolonisation of knowledge and politics, introducing concepts such as the cognitive empire and epistemic freedom. It also provides a historical perspective on African struggles for decolonisation, and explains how the Rhodes Must Fall movements in South Africa embody the resurgence and insurgence of decolonisation in the twenty-first century.

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Schools with invisible fences in the British Southern Cameroons, 1916-1961: colonial curriculum and the 'other' side of modernist thinking

Roland Ndille

Summary: Archival data and critical testimonies from Cameroon are used to show that British colonial education had a Eurocentric culture, serving the purpose of cultural imperialism. This was not an unintended consequence, but a deliberate goal of British colonial education policy.

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