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African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Human Rights: Implications for Higher Education, Based on the South African Experience
Abstract
Africa has rich traditions and knowledge systems founded on the principles of caring for one another and the spirit of mutual support embedded in the African philosophy of Ubuntu. These collective values tend to be marginalised in international human rights standards built on western values. The standards were developed without broad-based consultation of the different value systems in Africa. Therefore, in order to inspire sustainable implementation among diverse cultures, dialogue to develop universal human rights and obligations based on the diversity of cultures and ways of knowing is needed. Using South Africa's experience at two universities, the extent to which these institutions have attempted to incorporate African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKS) and human rights into the higher education curriculum is investigated. The implications for higher education and the human rights and development paradigms built on western knowledge systems are investigated. North-West University has been the pioneer of integrating AIKS into higher education in South Africa and is the only higher education institution in South Africa with an accredited IKS Teaching Programme at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels – which has been notably successful, albeit with some challenges. AIKS has also been integrated into research and teaching at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and has registered significant successes since 2012. The need to embed AIKS in the curriculum of higher education…
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“By contrast, a broadly African view of human rights embraces a mixed communal and individual conception of land rights based on the ubuntu ideology [81].”
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Theories of Land Reform and Their Impact on Land Reform Success in Southern Africa
Hull, S., Babalola, K., & Whittal, J. (2019) · Land · doi:10.3390/land8110172 · Cited by 57
“By contrast, a broadly African view of human rights embraces a mixed communal and individual conception of land rights based on the ubuntu ideology [81].”
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- Authors
- Mubangizi, J., & Kaya, H.
- Affiliations
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Mubangizi, John
- Venue
- International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-07-03
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 125-142
- ISSN
- 1818-6874 (ISSN-L)
- 1753-7274
- OpenAlex
- W2337442983
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 8.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi- Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › African cultural and philosophical studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peace and Human Rights Education
- Keywords
- African indigenous knowledge systems, human rights, Ubuntu, higher education curriculum, curriculum integration, North-West University, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Western knowledge systems, South Africa
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