Decolonising religious education in sub-Saharan Africa through the prism of anticolonialism: a conceptual proposition

Through the lens of an anticolonial (as opposed to postcolonial) analytical framework, this conceptual paper examines decolonising efforts (and failures) in Religious Education (RE) as a school subject in post-independent sub-Saharan Africa. It critiques the missionary/European epistemological hegem...

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Main Author: Matemba, Yonah Hisbon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2021]
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Religious pedagogy / Decolonisation
IxTheo Classification:AH Religious education
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B postcolonial environment
B Decolonised RE
B anticolonialism
B Sub-Saharan Africa
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