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Language rites: writing ourselves into the academy

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Africanisation and decolonisation have brought education into a new age, one which embraces multilingualism. African societies are transforming from knowledge consumers to active knowledge producers. However, the process is slow and the historical privileging of Afrikaans and English in South Africa requires restructuring, which is achievable through the development of indigenous languages in universities. If indigenous languages and knowledge are not used, not developed, not intellectualised, then how will we meaningfully Africanise and decolonise?

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32379387

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: African cultural and philosophical studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162192729

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