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HED4805 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 (174079) - DUE 22 July 2024
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HED4805Assignment 3
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS)
2024 (174079) -
DUE 22 July
2024
, 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 African Renaissance, which is mainly about
cultural and intellectual revitalisation, should become an integral part of
transforming and reconstructing the socio-economic landscape of Africa.
Therefore, the restoration of Africa’s intellectual and cultural history needs to
be at the centre of political and economic reconstruction and should not be
treated in isolation. A common observation in previously colonised societies
during the post-colonial period is the patronising continuation of colonial myths
and stereotypes that represent the culture of the colonised as inferior
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