1st Edition

Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and African Decolonial Studies

By Toyin Falola Copyright 2024
282 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book considers the work of the preeminent scholar on decoloniality, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, as a means of examining the development of decoloniality discourse and considering the future direction of the African knowledge economy. Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni has been instrumental in the construction of theories and ideas necessary for advancing a decolonial system of education and epistemology.... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction: Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni's Decolonization Vision for the World

 

Chapter 2: Decolonization and Decoloniality

 

Chapter 3: Marxism and Decolonization

 

Chapter 4: Race and African Studies

 

Chapter 5: Africa’s Liberation 

 

Chapter 6: Zimbabwe in History

 

Chapter 7: Mugabe and His Politics

 

Chapter 8: Militarism in Africa

 

Chapter 9: The Challenges of Higher Education

 

Chapter 10: Futurity

 

Chapter 11: An Epilogue: The Future of Decolonial Studies

 

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Biography

Toyin Falola, Ph.D., is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin. He is an Extraordinary Professor of Political Science, University of Pretoria, Professor of Human Rights, University of the Free State, and Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Lead City University, Ibadan. He is the recipient of many distinguished awards, including 16 honorary doctorates. He has contributed substantially to decolonization studies, most recently Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice (2022) and Decolonizing African Knowledge: Autoethnography and African Epistemologies (2022).

Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and African Decolonial Studies carries the stamp of an innovative work: it is the first to articulate the nexus of scholarship and politics as a vital charge in the hand of an individual scholar. Deploring his magisterial voice, Falola has offered us a solid book, an intellectual fortress to fully understand decoloniality.

                   Serges Kamga, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, South Africa

In this volume, Toyin Falola, the globally acclaimed doyen of African Studies, presents a critically thoughtful and well-researched book on decolonization and decoloniality, exploring the details and explaining their intricacies and nuances through the work of Ndlovu-Gathseni. Most importantly, Falola moves beyond Ndlovu-Gathseni's work to offer us the most expansive text and context on a subject that is now at  the forefront of global scholarship. 

             Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Professor of International Studies, RhodesCollege, Memphis, Tennessee.