Language, Literature, and Education for the Development of Postcolonial Africa

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This edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary, team of African scholars to investigate the concept of transformative development through decolonial pedagogies, literatures, and approaches to indigenous African languages. Contributors explore the impact of AI technologies such as ChatGPT for decolonial research and teaching; the transformative potential of African drama and literature, written and oral; the importance of values-based civic education; the importance of decolonizing continuous professional development for teachers; and the role of culturally sensitive curriculum around EFL.

Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities in order to promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress.

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Aloysius Ngefac is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He is the founder and general coordinator of TRANG (Transformative Research and Networking Group). He has published several books related to his research interests in sociolinguistics, world Englishes, postcolonial pragmatics, creolistics, transformative research, and transformative development.

Divine Che Neba is Associate Professor of African Literature at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He promotes African Literature through lectures, publications and ethno-anthropological surveys and has also explored minority and subversive literatures. He has published widely in renowned national and international journals.

Michael T. Ndemanu is Associate Professor of Curriculum Development and Multicultural Education at Ball State University, Indiana, USA, where he researches multicultural education, curriculum theory, comparative education, and social foundations. He is Executive Director of the Global Institute for Transformative Education, USA; Secretary of the International Association of African Educators; and a member of the Governing Council of Curriculum and Pedagogy Group as well as several other professional organizations.