Education, Colonial Sickness: A Decolonial African Indigenous Project

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Part I: Decolonizing History and Its Impact on Education from K–12 and Beyond
	Chapter 2: Seafaring Africans and the Myth of Columbus: Reflecting on Fourteenth-Century Mali and the Prospect of Atlantic Voyages
		Introduction
		A History of North American Voyages
		Who Was “Africa’s Greatest Explorer”?
		Life During the Keita Dynasty
		Could West African’s Have Reached the Americas?
		Was It Really Impossible?
		Evidence Pointing Toward West Africans in the Americas
		The Global West’s Disdain for African Resourcefulness
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 3: Ubuntu: Social Justice Education, Governance, and Women Rights in Pre-colonial Africa
		Introduction
		Community Versus Individuality: “Ubuntu” as Social Justice Concept in Pre-colonial Africa
		“Ubuntu,” Leadership, and Fairness in Pre-colonial Africa
		“Ubuntu” and Community Building
		Pre-colonial Laws/Customary Law and Social Justice in Africa
		Ubuntu and Traditional Leadership in Pre-colonial African Societies
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Women to Women Marriage, Social Justice and House Property System in the Precolonial Period: Implications for Educating the Youth
		Introduction
		Women-to-Women Marriages as a Key Concept of Social Justice in Pre-colonial Africa
		Women-to-Women Marriages in Pre-colonial Africa as a Form of Social Justice
		Indigenous Law and Women-to-Women Marriage
		Barrenness and Increasing Lineage/Ensuring Posterity
		Women-to-Women Marriages as a Form of Wealth Accumulation
		Women-to-Women Marriages as a Link for a Missing Male Role
		Women-to-Women Marriages for Wealth Retention and Economic Empowerment
		Priestesses, Warriors, and Sexual Freedom
		Women-to-Women Marriages as Companionship
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 5: Back to the Roots: Reconnecting Africans in Diaspora Through Cultural Media, Education, and Personal Narratives
		Introduction
		Learning About Dogon Culture and Tradition in Mali
		People
		Land, Climate, and Vegetation Patterns
		Identification
		Language
		Bambara
		Arts
			Linguistic Affiliation
			The Local Perspective on Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management
			Religion
			Gender Roles and Statuses
		Disconnection from African Culture
		Canadian Experience
		Reconnection
		The Diaspora
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6: Ubuntu: An Educational Tool to Dismantle Patriarchy—Voices from the Women Community Elders
		Introduction
		Positionality
		My Story
		The Colonial History of Zambian Education
		Understanding Patriarchy and Its Impact on the Education of Women and Girls
		Women’s Role in Education
		What Is Ubuntu in the Context of Education and Women in Zambia?
		Ubuntu as a Concept of Decolonization
		Ubuntu as a Tool for Decolonization Education
		The Role of Women Community Elders in Education: The Case of ZAMWILL in Zambia
		Theories and Methods
		Conclusion
		References
Part II: Identity and Ways of Knowing for the Educator and the Learner
	Chapter 7: Knowledge Production and Colonial Myths: Centring Indigenous Knowledges Through Decolonization
		Introduction
		History and the Past
		Historicity and Post-modernism
		Re-presentation, Power, and Language
		Knowledge Production
		Decolonization
		Somé and Fanon in Dialogue: What Has Been Neglected?
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 8: Seeking the African Indigenous Ways of Being in Academia: The Intersecting Journeys of Two Black Women from Different Historical Colonial Experiences—Part One
		Introduction
		Conceptual Framework: African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK)
		Interruption of Indigenous Ways of Knowing Through Slavery and Colonization
		References
	Chapter 9: Seeking the African Indigenous Ways of Being in Academia: The Intersecting Journeys of Two Black Women from Different Historical Colonial Experiences—Part Two
		Betty’s Journey: Seeking That Which Was Lost
		Osho’s Response to Ohemaa’s Questions: Reclaiming That Which Was Lost
		Conclusion
			Osho’s Conclusion
			Ohemaa’s Conclusion
			Way Forward
		References
	Chapter 10: Resistance, Reparation, and Education Awareness: Resurgence of African Identities
		Introduction
		Resistance: Survival Mechanism
		Resisting Myths of Colonization: Recentering Historical Context
		Resistance of Internalized Colonization
		Reparations: Reconciling the Self as a Journey Back to One’s Centre
		Resurgence of African Identities
		The Retrieval of our Knowledges
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: Cultural Genocide: The Miseducation of the African Child
		Introduction
		Locating Self
		African Spirituality: Pre-enslavement/Colonialism
		Current/Neoliberal Climate: “Cultural Insanity—Out of Our African Minds!”
		Healing from the Maafa/Destruction: “Re-Africanize and Dewhitenize”
		African Culture Is Preventative and Curative Medicine with Full Ancestral Potency
		In Conclusion: Africans, Honor Your Ancestors!
		References
Part III: Spirituality and Land-Based Education
	Chapter 12: Three Souls in Search for the Inner Peace and Spiritual Journey: Educational Moments
		Introduction
		Religious Identities and Perspectives: The Shona Identity and Christianity
		In Search of the Divine
		Hinduism: Being Spiritual-But-Not-Religious
		Relating Ubuntu in Personal Life—Joel’s Experience
		Ubuntu/Unhu Concepts
		Ubuntu Spirituality
		Spirituality, Creativity, and Music
		Spirituality and Morality
		Arrival in Turtle Island
		Kismet, Kalaams, and the Knowledge Production: The Search for Spirituality
		“Tajdeed”: Resisting, Reviving, and Renewing the Spirit
		Journey as a  Hindu Educator
		Locating the Educator Within
		Hinduism and African Spirituality
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 13: The Soul in Soul Music: Educational Tools for Decolonial Ruptures
		Introduction
		Origins and Symbolism of Soul Music
		Soul Music and the Struggle for Equality
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 14: Kumina: Kumina! Afro-Jamaican Religion, Education, and Practice: A Site Where Afrocentricity, ‘Bodily Knowledge’, and Spiritual Interconnection Are Activated, Negotiated, and Embodied
		Introduction
		Defining Kumina
		Kumina Drumming
			Kumina Music and Dance
		Imogene ‘Queenie’ Kennedy
		Spirituality and Identity
		Locating Women as Knowledge Producers Through Dance
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 15: Land Teachings: Lessons from Keiyo Elders
		Introduction
		Keiyo Land Tenure, Spiritual Ecology, and Colonization
		Context of the Study
		African Indigenous Theory and Spiritual Ecology
		Approach
		Land Tenure Systems in Kenya
		The Keiyo Systems of Land Use
		Notions of Keiyo Spiritual Ecology and in the Context of Colonial Capitalism
		Emerging Issues: The “Modernity” Paradox in Land Tenure
		Historical Context
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 16: Beyond Territory: Engendering Indigenous Philosophies of Land as Counter-hegemonic Resistance to Contemporary Framings of Land in Kenya
		Introduction
		The Question of Indigeneity: Who Is Indigenous to Africa?
		Locating Myself
		The Nexus of Land and Indigeneity
		African Indigenous Land Tenure
		Indigenous Conceptions of Land Among the Gikuyu People of Kenya
			Land, Epistemology, and Knowledge Production
			Pedagogical Implications of Land for Indigenous People
		The Primacy of Land in Indigenous Spirituality, Medicine, and Healing
			Land, Indigenous Culture, Language, and Identity
		The Art of Land Dispossession and the Colonial Project
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 17: Conclusion
		Future Trajectories
		References
Index