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Writer reflects on academia's power to shape minds
Original: The power of academia https://nowaraga.com/2016/09/29/decolonise-minds-research-disputable/?page_id=1236 My relationship
Ugandan-based blogger and academic Norbert Ochieng? No — the essay, shared by CPAR Uganda, describes a personal relationship with academia as the most instructive of the author's life, one that nurtured a deep appreciation of learning while raising questions about decolonising minds and disputable research practices. The piece revisits a 2016 debate on whether academic research traditions serve or constrain African thought, and readers continue to weigh academia's liberating and limiting sides.
Why now: Ongoing debates about decolonising education and research keep drawing attention to personal accounts of academia's influence.
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- The power of academia https://nowaraga.com/2016/09/29/decolonise-minds-research-disputable/?page_id=1236 My relationship with academia has to be by far the relationship that has taught me the most. My love of academia has nurtured in me a significant appreciation of the… · cparuganda.com@cparuganda.com · 3
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