, HED4805 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DUE 22 JULY 2024 ;100% TRUSTED
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Question 1 (25)
Read the given extract titled, “Colonialism, coloniality and post-colonial
Africa: a conceptual framework”, from chapter 7 of the prescribed book
(Seroto, Davids & Wolhuter 2020), and then answer the questions that
follow. Colonialism, coloniality and post-colonial Africa: a conceptual
framework Post-colonial reconstruction of African societies cannot be
limited to political and economic transformation. Due to the predominance
of Western epistemologies and systems of education during and after
colonialism, the African masses often became oblivious to their forgotten
history. Western European colonial policies such as ‘assimilation’ (French)
and ‘assimilados’ (Portuguese) were based on a rejection of the local
culture and an adoption of a foreign, European culture – essentially a
denial of an African identity. The African elite that worked in close
collaboration with the colonial administration often became the main
protagonists of European culture. When a few African leaders met in Addis
Ababa in 1963 to establish the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the
objective was to liberate the continent from colonialism and apartheid.
While apartheid was abolished in 1994, African countries remained largely
dependent on foreign aid which compromised their political and economic
Assignment 03 History of Education Due date: 22 July 2024 Unique
assignment number: 174079 100 marks 24 independence. Without
achieving its objectives, the OAU was dissolved in July 2002 and
transformed into the African Union (AU), which aimed to unite its fifty-three
member-states politically, socially and economically. The AU intended to
address the old African problems afresh through the promotion of
democracy, good governance and foreign investment (Carbone, 2002). For
a long time, Africa seems to have been suffering from the aftermath of
colonialism, which has posed serious challenges to its economic
development and independence. The colonial legacy left behind structural
inequalities that were difficult to eradicate. However, Smith argues that
‘there can be no social justice without cognitive justice’ and calls for an
ecology of knowledge(s) that enables alternative ways of knowing and
scientific knowledge to co-exist (Smith, 2012:214). The inspiration of an
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