Negotiating the Fabric of the African University

Volume 1 - Global Narratives and Local Models
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72269-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives

This book is the first volume of two edited collections that critically assess the historical and contemporary processes that have shaped the formation and transformation of the African university. It provides general perspectives, reflections, and a selection of case studies from different regions and higher education systems, highlighting the vibrant debates on the social and institutional life of universities in Africa. The chapters assembled here capture the rich experiences, strategies, and analyses of students, lecturers, researchers, and administrators, showcasing the university as a dynamic lived experience.

Contributors are: Kasturi Behari-Leak, Eli Bitzer, Destin Feutseu Dassi, David Kaldewey, Patrício V. Langa, Laetus O.K. Lategan, Elisio Macamo, Teboho Moja, Mariah Mosomi, Bakheit Mohammed Nur, Lerato Posholi, Leonie Schoelen and Cecilé Swart.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Langa, Patrício

Kaldewey, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing Models Patrício V. Langa and David Kaldewey

2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in Africa Elísio Macamo

3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial Imaginary Kasturi Behari-Leak

4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement Teboho Moja

5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in Kenya Mariah Mosomi

6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education Lerato Posholi

7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge Politics Bakheit Mohammed Nur

8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in Algeria Leonie Schoelen

9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in Cameroon Destin Feutseu Dassi

10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of Technology Laetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart

Über Autor(innen)

Patrício V. Langa is Professor of Sociology, Higher Education, Science and Policy Studies, at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, Chair of the Africa Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (Ghana), Research Affiliate at the Forum International Wissenschaft, University of Bonn, and Senior Research Fellow at the University Alliance Ruhr, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany.

David Kaldewey is Professor for Science Studies and Science Policy at the University of Bonn and co-spokesperson of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research. He holds a doctorate in sociology from Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the changing relationship of science, society, and politics. His research interests include the identity work of scientists and science policy makers, the crisis of truth as a challenge to science communication, and the sociology of universities in world society.