TPS3704
ASSIGNMENT 1 2025
DUE DATE: 28 MAY 2025
, TPS3704
Assignment 1
Watch the YouTube videos and read the book cited below on
“Africanising/Decolonising the curriculum” and answer the questions that follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXHwk8KtNlI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcuVaJA_SSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQYxNB-L32o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocbRg1zRIfw
Msila, V., & Gumbo, M. T. (Eds.). (2016). Africanising the Curriculum: Indigenous
Perspectives and Theories. African Sun Media.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv21ptz4x.
Please note that you will have/gain access to the videos and the book on the internet.
You are also allowed to access other resources to assist you to do this assignment.
a) Describe how you would define ‘Africanise/Decolonise the curriculum” using a
South African perspective by providing practical examples. Be as holistic as
possible. Write a paragraph of about 10 lines.
Africanising or decolonising the curriculum in South Africa involves dismantling colonial
and apartheid-era epistemologies to center African knowledge systems, histories, and
cultural practices. This process prioritizes indigenous languages, philosophies, and
pedagogies while challenging Eurocentric dominance. Practically, it means integrating
African authors like Njabulo Ndebele or Zakes Mda into literature syllabi, teaching
history through African liberation struggles rather than colonial narratives, and
ASSIGNMENT 1 2025
DUE DATE: 28 MAY 2025
, TPS3704
Assignment 1
Watch the YouTube videos and read the book cited below on
“Africanising/Decolonising the curriculum” and answer the questions that follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXHwk8KtNlI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcuVaJA_SSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQYxNB-L32o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocbRg1zRIfw
Msila, V., & Gumbo, M. T. (Eds.). (2016). Africanising the Curriculum: Indigenous
Perspectives and Theories. African Sun Media.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv21ptz4x.
Please note that you will have/gain access to the videos and the book on the internet.
You are also allowed to access other resources to assist you to do this assignment.
a) Describe how you would define ‘Africanise/Decolonise the curriculum” using a
South African perspective by providing practical examples. Be as holistic as
possible. Write a paragraph of about 10 lines.
Africanising or decolonising the curriculum in South Africa involves dismantling colonial
and apartheid-era epistemologies to center African knowledge systems, histories, and
cultural practices. This process prioritizes indigenous languages, philosophies, and
pedagogies while challenging Eurocentric dominance. Practically, it means integrating
African authors like Njabulo Ndebele or Zakes Mda into literature syllabi, teaching
history through African liberation struggles rather than colonial narratives, and
