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The Challenges Facing Academic Scholarship in Africa

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Knowledge and Change in African Universities

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A significant educational issue which was evident when the majority of African countries gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s concerned institutions of higher learning, particularly universities, which were deemed to be the verve and nerve of envisaged post-colonial African development. Discussions at the time revolved around the role these institutions would play in championing the cause of Africa’s regeneration and repositioning, in line with the changed political atmosphere occasioned by liberation from colonial rule.

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  1. Mzala Nxumalo Centre, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Bheki R. Mngomezulu

  2. School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Marshall T. Maposa

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  1. University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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  2. University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    Amasa Ndofirepi

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Mngomezulu, B.R., Maposa, M.T. (2017). The Challenges Facing Academic Scholarship in Africa. In: Cross, M., Ndofirepi, A. (eds) Knowledge and Change in African Universities. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-845-7_10

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