Inclusion as social justice : : theory and practice in African higher education / / edited by Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ndofirepi, Amasa,; Musengi, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Sense,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Inclusion as Social Justice: Theory and Practice in African Higher Education discusses the extent to which education enables equitable social access for diverse student populations in the context of historical sidelining of indigenous knowledge systems and epistemic injustice of colonial epistemologies in Africa. The goal is to theoretically unpack the social differentials and micro-inequities that practically disempower diverse students in African higher education. To this end, the book features aspects of diversity such as gender, rurality, refugee status and disability in general, with hearing and visual impairment as prime illustrations. It is argued that despite the ethically defensible and socially just policy and structural interventions for transforming higher education meant to redress the legacy of colonial injustices, urban universities present epistemological equity challenges for students from rural communities. Similarly, the opaque fate of students displaced from their home countries and currently studying in universities in host countries is analyzed. The book illustrates the access case for gender and disability in higher education using empirical studies and examples from Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Challenges facing students in higher education in these countries and the strategies the students devise to succeed in the institutions are analyzed.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Elias Mpofu -- Notes on Contributors -- PART 1: Setting the Scene for Social Justice in African Higher Education -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 1 Deciphering the Conversations -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 2 Epistemological Access in Disadvantaged Schools: A Case Study of Flood-Prone Rural Schools in Western Kenya -- Gloria Erima and Felix Maringe -- PART 2: Access and Epistemic Complexities in African Higher Education -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 3 Epistemological Access of Rural Students in an Urban University: Implications for Inclusive Teacher Education -- Alfred Masinire -- 4 Social Justice for Refugee Students in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Disjunctures -- Otilia Chiramba and Felix Maringe -- 5 On Relevance: A Critique of Knowledge Processes in the African University -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi, Thokozani Mathebula and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda -- 6 Inclusion and Social Justice: Creating Space for African Epistemologies in the African University -- Amasa p. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda -- 7 Epistemic Insolence in the African University: An Anti-Colonial Quest for Liberated Intellectual Spaces -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Elizabeth S. Ndofirepi -- PART 3: Disability Issues in African Higher Education -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 8 Special Educational Needs and Academic Professionalism for Inclusive Higher Education in Africa -- Martin Musengi -- 9 Obstacles for Students with Disabilities in Accessing Higher Education in South Africa: A Decolonial Perspective -- Sibonokuhle Ndlovu -- 10 Conceptualisation of Quality in Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Students with Disabilities Speak -- Joseph Chidindi -- 11 Identity and Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in Higher Education: Lessons from Contrasting Policies and Practices in African and US Institutions -- Martin Musengi and Millicent Musyoka -- 12 Social Justice Enhancers of University Inclusion for Deaf People in Zimbabwe -- Phillipa Mutswanga -- 13 Inclusion of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education: Experiences from Ethiopia and Zimbabwe -- Emmanuel Munemo and Yirgashewa Bekele -- 14 The Experience of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education: Barriers and Coping Mechanisms -- Binian Amdebirhan and Yirgashewa Bekele -- PART 4: Gender Debates in African Higher Education -- Introduction to Part 4 -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 15 Violence and Abuse against Female University Students in Zimbabwe: Implications for Inclusion -- Regis Chireshe and Excellent Chireshe -- 16 Disability and Access in Higher Education in Tanzania: Experiences of Women with Disabilities -- Margreth Matonya -- 17 The Jagged Road to an Uncertain Future: Ethiopian Female University Students with Disabilities -- Yirgahsewa Bekele, Michelle Proyer and Elina Lehtomäki -- 18 Boosting Gender Equity in Higher Education: Rethinking Strategies -- Beatrice M’mboga Akala -- 19 Achieving Academic Excellence in Africa: A Focus on the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender and Disability in Higher Education -- Christine Peta -- PART 5: Present Realities and Future Directions in African Higher Education -- Introduction to Part 5 -- Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi -- 20 Campus Social Space in Higher Education: Undergraduate Students Negotiating Campus Social Spaces: Capabilities and Contested Spaces for Collaboration -- Elizabeth Sipiwe Ndofirepi -- 21 Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Higher Education -- Martin Musengi and Amasa P. Ndofirepi -- Index.