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ICH4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE 2025; 100% correct solutions and explanations. Question 1 [40 marks] Question 1(a) (20 marks) – compulsory Read the given extract titled, "Colonialism, coloniality and post-colonial Africa: a conceptual framework", from chapter 7 of the prescribed book (Seroto, Davids & Wolhuter 2020) and then answer the questions that follow. Colonialism, coloniality and post-colonial Africa: a conceptual framework Post-colonial reconstruction of African societies cannot be limited to political and economic transformation. Due to the predominance of Western epistemologies and systems of education during and after colonialism, the African masses often became oblivious to their forgotten history. Western European colonial policies such as 'assimilation' (French) and 'assimilados' (Portuguese) were based on a rejection of the local culture and an adoption of a foreign, European culture – essentially a denial of an African identity. The African elite that worked in close collaboration with the colonial administration often became the main protagonists of European culture. When a few African leaders met in Addis Ababa in 1963 to establish the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the objective was to liberate the continent from colonialism and apartheid. While apartheid was abolished in 1994, African countries remained largely dependent on foreign aid which compromised their political and economic independence. Without achieving its objectives, the OAU was dissolved in July 2002 and transformed into the African Union (AU), which aimed to unite its fifty-three member-states politically, socially and economically. The AU intended to address the old African problems afresh through the promotion of democracy, good governance and foreign investment (Carbone, 2002). For a long time, Africa seems to have been suffering from the aftermath of colonialism, which has posed serious challenges to its economic development and independence. The colonial legacy left behind structural inequalities that were difficult to eradicate. However, Smith argues that 'there can be no social justice without cognitive justice' and calls for an ecology of knowledge(s) that enables alternative ways of knowing and scientific knowledge to co-exist (Smith, 2012:214). The inspiration of an African Renaissance, which is mainly about cultural and intellectual revitalisation, should become an integral part of transforming and reconstructing the

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,ICH4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester
1 2025 - DUE 2025; 100% correct solutions and explanations


COMPULSORY READING

Prescribed book: Seroto, J, Davids, MN & Wolhuter, C (eds).
2020. Decolonising education in the Global South:
historical and comparative international perspectives.

Cape Town: Pearson.


Take note of the following instructions:


 Assignment 02 consists of five questions. You must answer
questions 1(a) and 1(b), that is to say, they are compulsory.
Questions 1(a) and 1(b) count 40 marks. Thereafter, you must
answer any four questions, that is, question 2.1 or 2.2, question
3.1 or 3.2, question 4.1 or 4.2 and question 5.1 or 5.2 (4 x 15 =
60 marks), to arrive at a total of 100 marks. Present the answers
chronologically, that is, answers to questions 1, 2.1 or 2.2, 3.1 or
3.2, 4.1 or 4.4 and 5.1 or 5.2. Plan your answers before you write
the final versions. Do not answer all the questions; only the
first five questions answered will be marked.


 Based on past experience, some students leave out questions and
then expect the lecturers to reassemble their assignments at a later

, stage by inserting the missing answers. This is a practically
impossible task, given the number of assignments that the
lecturers receive. Therefore, please make sure that you answer all
the required questions and submit them together in a single
document.


 You MUST submit your assignment online on myUnisa. Do not
send it (either by post or e-mail) to the lecturers.

 Be sure to answer the number of questions required, not all of the
questions. You will be disadvantaged if you ignore this
instruction.

 At the honours level, you should preferably submit a typed or
wordprocessed assignment.
Please make every effort to do so.

General guidelines for Assignment 02

⬧ Once you have decided which five questions you are going
to answer, plan the answers carefully (bearing in mind that
questions 1(a) and 1(b) are compulsory).
⬧ Make sure that you provide each essay with a suitable
introduction and conclusion.
⬧ Include suitable headings and subheadings in the body of the
essay, where relevant.

, ⬧ Make sure that you do not deviate from the themes under
discussion in the essays (i.e., do not include irrelevant facts
and/or opinions).
Make sure that you present facts chronologically,
⬧
where appropriate.

⬧
Ensure that the sentences and paragraphs follow one another
logically, in other words, the essay should form a well-
integrated whole; it should not consist of loose, sweeping
statements.

⬧
Plagiarism is a cardinal sin. Do not copy another student's
work. You may work on the assignment in a study group
but you are expected to submit your own, unique
assignment.

⬧ If you obtain all the information that you use in an essay
from the prescribed textbook, you do not need to include a
bibliography or text references. However, if you use
information from any other sources, you must include
references (in the body of the essay) and a bibliography
(directly after the essay).
⬧ The length of an answer should be proportionate to the number of
marks allocated to the specific question.
⬧ In the case of questions 2, 3, 4 and 5, you must choose
between sub-questions. For this assignment, you must
answer either question 2.1 or 2.2, either question 3.1 or 3.2,
either question 4.1 or 4.2 and either question 5.1 or 5.2. You
must answer a total of five questions (including question
1, which is compulsory and counts 40 marks). If you submit
more than the required number of questions, only the first

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