Decolonial Options in Higher Education

Profound and complex explorations of decoloniality in academia are needed and this timely volume offers them. Scholars from across the globe critique institutional racism, advocate for inclusive knowledge production, and emphasize the need for global solidarity and transformative education. This volume is essential reading for understanding and probing decolonial praxis. * LaWanda W. M. Ward, The Pennsylvania State University, USA *
This book is a monumental intellectual contribution to the reimagination of higher education into one that is animated by reconciliation of humanity with our essence – interconnected and interdependent within the web of life. Dismantling the current system calls for ignition of a deep sense of responsibility for shaping the desired future. * Mamphela Ramphele, Global Thought Leader, South Africa *

Using Makoni and van der Merwe’s volume as a basis for discussion about the alternative forms of writing characterised by the different chapters’ initiatives intended to enhance student learning, especially at postgraduate level, would allow for the development of criticality of academic genres themselves, what they achieve, how they achieve it and, more importantly, what they fail to achieve. This is all the more possible given that some chapters refer to work already published in more conventional formats. In addition, as the discussion sections presented at the end of each chapter model practice in academic seminars, they could be used as a means of introducing students to dominant academic practices as well as to critiques of them. The focus of the book on decoloniality potentially means that the volume holds interest for students from a range of backgrounds, given the fervour with which calls for decolonisation were taken up more than ten years ago.

* Chrissie Boughey, Rhodes University, South Africa, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 122 No. 5/6 (2026) *