Digitalising Indigenous African Knowledge Systems for Curriculum Decolonisation and Transformation in Zimbabwean Tertiary Education

Indigenous African knowledge systems (IAKSs) have been marginalised and suppressed since the advent of colonialism in Africa.The digitalisation process may act of IAKSs can act as a catalyst in decolonising and transforming the curriculum in Zimbabwean tertiary education.Education is integral in the transformation of any society and promoting use of African epistemic systems can lead to utilisation of local heritage in tertiary education.The main issue of contention is that African Indigenous epistemologies are not documented but basically oral, and displaced by Western knowledge systems.This paper explores the digitalisation of Indigenous African Knowledge Systems (IAKS) as a means of decolonising and transforming Zimbabwean tertiary curriculum.The call is to challenge the dominant Western epistemologies and promote Afrocentric knowledge systems.The paper is informed by the decolonial theory.It also examines the potential of IAKS to challenge dominant Western epistemologies, thereby, foster a decolonising and transformative trajectory in the Zimbabwean education system.The paper highlights the significance of IAKS in promoting decolonisation and transforming education, whilst revealing challenges and opportunities of IAKS incorporation into tertiary education.Thus, academics are recommended more than ever to digitalise IAKSs in decolonising and transforming education in tertiary institutions. Indigenization StatementThis paper pays particular focus on the Zimbabwean Indigenous communities.The researcher is a member of this particular community referred to in the research.The researcher recognises and respects the sovereignty, knowledge systems, and cultural protocols of these communities.As an Indigenous researcher, residing on the traditional lands of the Zimbabwe, I remain committed to decolonising methodologies that centre Indigenous voices.This paper provides an opportunity to explore issues regarding the Indigenous people of Zimbabwe.