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Augustus Consulting’s Decolonized University of Africa (DUA) is an initiative aimed at the epistemic decolonization of the African continent. DUA is the continent’s only decolonized, Africanized, free, online university. For more details please visit: www.augustusconsulting.co.za

DUA Upcoming Events & Activities 2023

DUA’s Institute for Decolonizing Education in Africa (IDEA) presents ‘Decolonizing education in Africa’ Webinar

DUA Epistemic Decolonization in Africa Working Paper Series organized by IDEA Research Group

DUA Decolonizing Education in Africa Lecture Notes Series presented by IDEA Research Group

DUA Epistemic Decolonization in Africa Working Paper Series organized by IDEA Research Group

Topics & Themes

-The Westernized school in Africa as a legacy of European colonialism epistemic racism

-Exorcising the ghosts of the legacy of colonial epistemic racism in Africa- the case for the Africanized school/university in Africa.

-Epistemic Capture: how Europe paralyzed Africa’s knowledge systems

-Epistemic Capture: how Europe captured Africa’s ontological disposition/worldview and methodological framework/orientation

-The role of social institutions in epistemic decolonization in Africa

-The role of indigenous knowledge systems in epistemic decolonization in Africa

-Racism and epistemology- the legacy of Scientific Racism and Social Darwinism in Academia

-Epistemic racism in Africa

-The history of epistemic racism

-Epistemic colonization-regional and global contexts

-Epistemic decolonization- African regional experiences- Experiences and lessons from North Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa; Central Africa and West Africa

-The history of epistemic colonization in Africa

-The history of epistemic decolonization in Africa

-Social institutions as epistemic repositories in Africa

-Epistemology-Ontology-Pedagogy-Methodology nexus- some theoretical considerations

-Indigenous African Knowledge System as an epistemic decolonization strategy for Africa

-Decolonizing STEM in Africa

-School language policy in South Africa/Africa

-University language policy in South Africa/Africa

-Decolonizing pre-school education in Africa

-Decolonizing primary education in Africa

-Decolonizing secondary education in Africa

-Decolonizing higher education in Africa

-Epistemic decolonization in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

-Decolonizing history in Africa

-Decolonizing philosophy in Africa

-Decolonizing literature in Africa

-Decolonizing law in Africa

-Decolonizing education in Africa

-Western hegemony in academia and its discontents

-Decolonizing higher education in South Africa-the legacy of the ‘Fees Must Fall’ movement

-Epistemic decolonization in Africa- pedagogical implications

-Epistemic decolonization in Africa- lessons from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East

-Strategies for epistemic decolonization in Africa

-Social institutions as epistemic repositories in Africa

DUA Decolonizing Education in Africa Lecture Notes Series presented by IDEA Research Group

Free, summarized lecture notes online: Introduction to African languages, African history, African literature, African politics, African philosophy and Epistemic decolonization in Africa 

DUA BSc (Hons) in Politics & Management

DUA BSc (Hons) in Politics & Management is a free degree online offering, inter alia, the following courses: African Philosophy, African Languages, African Literature, African History, African Politics, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to Public Administration, Introduction to Business Management, Survey of Political Ideas, Introduction to Chinese Politics, Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods, Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods, Introduction to Project Planning, Introduction to Project Management, Introduction to Public Policy Analysis, Introduction to Strategic Management, Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to International Law, Introduction to Local Government, Local Government in Africa, Introduction to African American History & Politics, Introduction to African American Literature, Introduction to Accounting, Introduction to Auditing, Introduction to Conflict Management and Resolution, Introduction to Peace and Security in Africa, Public Enterprise Management, Public Finance Management & Budgeting, Introduction to International Organizations, Introduction to Diplomacy, Epistemic decolonization in Africa, Introduction to Indigenous African Knowledge Systems, Introduction to Human Resource Management, Introduction to Information Technology (IT) Management, Politics, Gender & Human Rights in Africa, Media and Politics in Africa, Introduction to Public Health Management and Introduction to Health Economics.

DUA Bibliography Series

DUA’s Institute for Decolonizing Education in Africa (IDEA) African Philosophy, African Languages, African Literature, African History and African Politics Bibliography Series prepared by IDEA Research Group

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