1st Edition
Academic Freedom in Africa The Struggle Rages On
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Blessings Chinsinga
Editorial by Yamikani Ndasauka and Garton Kamchedzera
Chapter 1. The Quest for Academic Freedom in Africa
Yamikani Ndasauka
Part I State Actors, Democracy, and Academic Freedom
Chapter 2. Navigating between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of Academic Freedom in Africa
Simon Mathias Makwinja, Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, and Lawrence Masautso Mpekansambo
Chapter 3. Importance of Academic Freedom for Democracy in Africa
Liisa Laakso and Hajer Kratou
Chapter 4. Geopolitics and the Challenge of Academic Freedom in Africa
Uchenna Azubuike Ezeogu and Gregory Emeka Chinweuba
Chapter 5. Theme-Rheme Analysis and Ideological Representations in Malawian and Zambian Online News Reporting of Academic Freedom Sagas
Mtende Wezi Nthara
Chapter 6. The Glenda Gray Controversy in South Africa as a Case of Misplaced Invocation of Academic Freedom
Seán Mfundza Muller
Part II Education Reforms vis-a-vis Academic Freedom
Chapter 7. Tensions, Contradictions, and Paradoxes of 'Entrepreneurial University' Reforms and Academic Freedom
Happy Mickson Kayuni
Chapter 8. Problematising Academic Freedom in Nigerian Universities
Lucky Oritsetojumi. Akaruese
Chapter 9. African Indigenous Pedagogies as a Key to Academic Freedom
Patrick Juma and Jerry Rutsateb
Chapter 10. Conviviality in Communication, Media, and Journalism Studies and Academic Freedom in Malawi and South Africa
Mwaona Nyirongo
Chapter 11. Professionalism and Academic Freedom in Higher Education: Evidence from Malawi and Japan
Foster Gondwe and Masayasu Sakaguchi
Chapter 12. A Dilemma Regarding Academic Freedom and Public Accountability in Higher Education
Thaddeus Metz
Part III Reflections on Malawi's 2011 Academic Freedom Movement
Chapter 13. Students with Disabilities and Police Handling of the 2011 Malawi Academic Freedom Impasse
Elizabeth Tikondwe Kamchedzera
Chapter 14: Academic Freedom Struggle and Employee Commitment at the University of Malawi
Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa-Jamali
Chapter 15. Painting the Town Red During the Academic Freedom Saga in Malawi
Timwa Lipenga
Chapter 16. Visual Rhetorical Analysis of Images Used in the 2011 Malawi Academic Freedom Struggle
Anthony Mavuto Gunde
Chapter 17. Battle Lines in Africa’s Struggle on Academic Freedom
Garton Kamchedzera
Index
Biography
Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. He holds visiting and senior research positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and the University of Johannesburg.
Garton Kamchedzera is an Associate Professor at the University of Malawi. He has been Dean for three terms (1999–2001, 2001–2003, and 2016–2018) at the Faculty of Law, University of Malawi. As a legal educationist and scholar, he has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge, Warwick, and Ghent. As a researcher and legal and development consultant, he has also researched, consulted, and trained judicial and other public and private officials. He was guest editor for the East African Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Justice.
