Call for Activist-Propelled Decolonisation of Education in Africa

Just in the same way the elites of Africa marshaled citizens and other liked-minded people to resort to armed struggle to dismantle colonialism, now it is posited to be the turn of activists to marshal resources, both human and material, to dismantle education which is full of colonial underpinnings and in its place establish education which is future oriented and relevant for technological advancement. Leaders in Africa seek endless support from foreign countries, instilling in the minds of their citizens that development is premised on foreign funding; a scenario that must be dismantled through activist-propelled endeavours. In this paper, analysis as a second order research methodology is used to argue in a historical perspective the genesis of school education and the colonial underpinnings that have girded education in Africa throughout the ages. School education originated in Africa and it is due to its transformative passages that education in Africa is full of colonial undertones. The fight to decolonise education cannot be successful by talking in conferences and workshops but through activism supported by national and international instruments.