Academic Freedom in Africa

The Struggle Rages On
Herausgeber: Kamchedzera, Garton; Ndasauka, Yamikani

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Produktbeschreibung

This book leaves no stone unturned in its comprehensive examination of the complex challenges surrounding academic freedom in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 233mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781032850450
• ISBN-10: 1032850450
• Artikelnr.: 70674865

Autorenporträt

Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. He holds visiting and senior research positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and the University of Johannesburg. Garton Kamchedzera is an Associate Professor at the University of Malawi. He has been Dean for three terms (1999-2001, 2001-2003, and 2016-2018) at the Faculty of Law, University of Malawi. As a legal educationist and scholar, he has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge, Warwick, and Ghent. As a researcher and legal and development consultant, he has also researched, consulted, and trained judicial and other public and private officials. He was guest editor for the East African Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Justice.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Blessings Chinsinga
Editorial by Yamikani Ndasauka and Garton Kamchedzera
Chapter 1. The Quest for Academic Freedom in Africa
Yamikani Ndasauka
Part 1. State Actors, Democracy and Academic Freedom
Chapter 2. Navigating Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of
Academic Freedom in Africa
Simon Makwinja, Grivas Kayange and Lawrence Mpekansambo
Chapter 3. Academic Freedom and Democracy in Africa
Hajer Kratou and Liisa Laakso
Chapter 4. Geopolitics and the Challenge of Academic Freedom in Africa
Uchenna Azubuike Ezeogu and Chinweuba, Gregory Emeka
Chapter 5. Theme-Rheme analysis and ideological representations in Malawian
and Zambian online news reporting of Academic Freedom sagas
Mtende Wezi Nthara
Chapter 6. Questioning Academic Freedom Invocation in The Glenda Gray
Controversy
Seán M. Muller
Part 2. Education Reforms vis-a-vis Academic freedom
Chapter 7. The Tensions, Contradictions, and Paradoxes of 'Entrepreneurial
University' Reforms and Academic Freedom
Happy Mickson Kayuni
Chapter 8. Problematising Academic Freedom in Nigerian Universities
Lucky O. Akaruese
Chapter 9. African Indigenous Pedagogies as a Key Driver for Academic
Freedom
Patrick Juma and Jerry Rutsateb
Chapter 10. Conviviality in Journalism Studies and Academic Freedom
Mwaona Nyirongo
Chapter 11. Professionalism and the Discourse of Academic Freedom in Higher
Education Institutions: Evidence from Malawi and Japan
Foster Gondwe and Masayasu Sakaguchi
Chapter 12. A Dilemma Regarding Academic Freedom and Public Accountability
in Higher Education
Thaddeus Metz
Part 3. Reflections on Malawi's 2011 Academic Freedom Movement
Chapter 13. Police Handling of Academic Freedom Impasse and Students with
Disabilities in Malawi
Elizabeth T. Kamchedzera
Chapter 14: The Academic Freedom Struggle as a Test of Employee Commitment
at the University of Malawi
Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa- Jamali
Chapter 15. Metaphorisation of Colour Red During the Academic Freedom Saga
in Malawi
Timwa Lipenga
Chapter 16. Rhetorical Analysis of Slogans in the Struggle for Academic
Freedom in Malawi
Anthony Mavuto Gunde
Chapter 17. Battle Lines in Africa's Struggle on Academic Freedom
Garton Kamchedzera
Index