Thank you for the kind invitation to deliver this lecture as part of the University of Pretoria's
Public Lecture Series on Curriculum Transformation Matters: The Decolonial Turn. The title …

The idea of the 'the plastic university'suggests a straightforward proposal: the university's
essence is transformability. 1 In the context of present debates on knowledge and curriculum …

This essay presents decolonial historical realism as an important move towards the
decolonisation of knowledge and education. Inspired by Africana philosopher Lewis …

The politics of knowledge in South African universities has recently witnessed a radical
discursive rupture. The call for decolonising education was a cornerstone of students' …

This paper is a reflection on the role that education should be playing in the twenty-first
century in general and in postcolonial societies in particular. Put differently, what is the role …

Decolonising Knowledge and Knowers contributes to the current struggles for decolonising
education in the global South, focusing on the highly illuminating case of South African …

It has become increasingly evident that the discourse of transformation that has shaped the
democratising of higher education institutions over the first two decades of the democratic …

Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of
Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word …

This paper is a critical self-reflective piece located in the context of South African Higher
education post the student protests of 2015-2017. The paper is motivated by the insight that …

This book takes an innovative approach to understanding higher education and capacity
building in Africa; inspired by ideas about the 'geography of scientific knowledge' …