Academic Freedom in Africa

The Struggle Rages On
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-85045-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

This book leaves no stone unturned in its comprehensive examination of the complex challenges surrounding academic freedom in Africa.

Drawing on diverse perspectives and methodologies, it delves into the historical, philosophical, legal, and socio-political dimensions shaping academic freedom across the continent. The authors grapple with colonial legacies, tensions between Western and African notions of intellectual liberty, government authoritarianism, and institutional constraints that hinder open discourse and the pursuit of knowledge. The book highlights systemic obstacles and promising avenues for progress through case studies, comparative analysis, and empirical research, such as constitutional reforms, scholar activism, and regional networks. This thought-provoking volume offers critical insights into the state of academic freedom in Africa, emphasising the necessity of supporting African voices and agencies in the quest for meaningful intellectual autonomy.

Academic Freedom in Africa is an essential read for students, scholars, policymakers, and anyone concerned with the future of higher education and democracy on the continent.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ndasauka, Yamikani

Kamchedzera, Garton

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Blessings Chinsinga

Editorial by Yamikani Ndasauka and Garton Kamchedzera

 

Chapter 1. The Quest for Academic Freedom in Africa

Yamikani Ndasauka

 

Part 1. State Actors, Democracy and Academic Freedom 

Chapter 2. Navigating Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of Academic Freedom in Africa

Simon Makwinja, Grivas Kayange and Lawrence Mpekansambo

Chapter 3. Academic Freedom and Democracy in Africa

Hajer Kratou and Liisa Laakso

Chapter 4. Geopolitics and the Challenge of Academic Freedom in Africa

Uchenna Azubuike Ezeogu and Chinweuba, Gregory Emeka

Chapter 5. Theme-Rheme analysis and ideological representations in Malawian and Zambian online news reporting of Academic Freedom sagas

Mtende Wezi Nthara

Chapter 6. Questioning Academic Freedom Invocation in The Glenda Gray Controversy

Seán M. Muller

 

Part 2. Education Reforms vis-a-vis Academic freedom

Chapter 7. The Tensions, Contradictions, and Paradoxes of 'Entrepreneurial University' Reforms and Academic Freedom

Happy Mickson Kayuni

Chapter 8. Problematising Academic Freedom in Nigerian Universities

Lucky O. Akaruese

Chapter 9. African Indigenous Pedagogies as a Key Driver for Academic Freedom

Patrick Juma and Jerry Rutsateb

Chapter 10. Conviviality in Journalism Studies and Academic Freedom

Mwaona Nyirongo

Chapter 11. Professionalism and the Discourse of Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions: Evidence from Malawi and Japan

Foster Gondwe and Masayasu Sakaguchi

Chapter 12. A Dilemma Regarding Academic Freedom and Public Accountability in Higher Education

Thaddeus Metz

 

Part 3. Reflections on Malawi's 2011 Academic Freedom Movement 

Chapter 13. Police Handling of Academic Freedom Impasse and Students with Disabilities in Malawi

Elizabeth T. Kamchedzera

Chapter 14: The Academic Freedom Struggle as a Test of Employee Commitment at the University of Malawi

Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa- Jamali

Chapter 15. Metaphorisation of Colour Red During the Academic Freedom Saga in Malawi

Timwa Lipenga

Chapter 16. Rhetorical Analysis of Slogans in the Struggle for Academic Freedom in Malawi

Anthony Mavuto Gunde

Chapter 17. Battle Lines in Africa’s Struggle on Academic Freedom

Garton Kamchedzera

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. He holds visiting and senior research positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and the University of Johannesburg.

Garton Kamchedzera is an Associate Professor at the University of Malawi. He has been Dean for three terms (1999–2001, 2001–2003, and 2016–2018) at the Faculty of Law, University of Malawi. As a legal educationist and scholar, he has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge, Warwick, and Ghent. As a researcher and legal and development consultant, he has also researched, consulted, and trained judicial and other public and private officials. He was guest editor for the East African Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Justice.