‘Africa Must Define Knowledge on Its Own Terms’: Scholar Warns of Intellectual Domestication
‘Africa Must Define Knowledge on Its Own Terms’: Scholar Warns of Intellectual Domestication
"I think [we] need to define reality from within our worldviews and stop avoiding the development of methods that reflect African ways of knowing. We need to stop being cognitively domesticated by external standards of reason and credibility."
Can Africa achieve true intellectual sovereignty by reshaping its classrooms, curricula, and research to reflect its own histories and realities?
There’s a Ugandan proverb that says, “Agali awamu ge galuma enyama” — “Teeth that are together are the ones that bite meat successfully.” The same truth applies to knowledge: when Africans think and work together, their ideas gain power and impact.
#GlobalSouthPole explores how colonial-era education still shapes Africa’s intellectual life, and why reclaiming knowledge is key to the continent’s future.
We speak to Joanna Nakabiito, peacebuilding expert, governance consultant, and researcher, about Africa’s unfinished war for intellectual sovereignty.
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