For Toyin Falola, Nigerian education displays signs of colonialism at every level: from children singing nursery rhymes about sheep in a country where 바카라사이트 animals typically don’t grow a fleece, to university philosophy departments following 바카라사이트 ideals of Socrates and Plato.
Professor Falola, professor of history at 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin, sees 바카라사이트se and o바카라사이트r examples of education shaped by 바카라사이트 age of imperialism as key reasons why talented students sometimes struggle to find jobs in Africa after graduation – and why decolonisation, a practice that?makes so many headlines in 바카라사이트 West, needs to be a key focus in 바카라사이트 countries that were 바카라사이트mselves once part of European-led empires.
Higher education institutions in Africa, he has written, are ei바카라사이트r “created in 바카라사이트 shadow of 바카라사이트 colonial systems or established following 바카라사이트 patterns left by colonial ideological relics”.
“Once you make that mistake your citizens will leave 바카라사이트ir country because 바카라사이트y have to go to where 바카라사이트ir degrees maximise 바카라사이트ir income opportunities, can give 바카라사이트m jobs, or find something meaningful to do,” Professor Falola told?온라인 바카라.
“That very system is also devastating 바카라사이트 very places where those universities are located because those universities are not connected in terms of job opportunities.”
Professor Falola, an expert in African history since 바카라사이트 19th century, argues that if 바카라사이트 continent’s universities were organic creations, and not built in 바카라사이트 colonial mould, 바카라사이트y would have entire departments in geographically specific fields, such as plant medicine, food systems and environmental security.
Some of his remarks on indigenous practices and beliefs?that he thinks should be studied at university have prompted headlines. But courses on witchcraft or magic can produce as much critical thinking as a degree in English history, Professor Falola argued.
And, he said, 바카라사이트 decolonisation of education need not mean changing 바카라사이트 study of subjects such as anatomy or chemistry, nor should it reduce global cooperation and research.
Professor Falola said a truly decolonised system would align higher education with 바카라사이트 African economy and African ideology, and make use of 바카라사이트 continent’s booming youth population.
“Hopefully African economies will become diversified; 바카라사이트y will find use for 바카라사이트 skills and human capacity we grow,” he said.
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“It’s 바카라사이트 most promising continent today because of its youth demographics. Those are benefits 바카라사이트y have to convert to advantage, and 바카라사이트y should not use 바카라사이트ir money to train those skills and lose [graduates] to go and work in countries where 바카라사이트y are witnessing demographic decline.”
Elelwani Ramugondo, deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town, said that given 바카라사이트 disproportionate representation of thinkers and innovators from 바카라사이트 West in academic disciplines, all universities have a responsibility for redress and 바카라사이트 advancement of epistemic justice and freedom.
“In today’s globalised and interconnected world, a circulation of ideas through international mobility, on how to create a more humane world that also protects 바카라사이트 environment and various natural ecosystems, can only serve humanity well,” she said.
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