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The aim is to challenge and redefine narratives in South African education that perpetuate colonial legacies.

May 25, 2026Open Access

Teaching the 'native': behind the architecture of an unequal education system

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The aim is to challenge and redefine narratives in South African education that perpetuate colonial legacies.
Analysis of historical and educational texts
Critical examination of narratives in South African curricula
Engagement with South African scholars and their perspectives
Identification of inaccuracies in commonly used history textbooks
Critique of dispassionate narratives that overlook the colonial context
Implications for educators and policymakers to reform educational materials

Abstract

This book joins the growing body of work (much of it by South African scholars) displacing the many mind-numbingly dull texts loaded with assumptions and logics that, in the case of South Africa, rectify a simplified colonial explanation of the past. Generations of students, educators and policymakers have suffered enough through tedious though inaccurate history books disguised as dispassionate, impartial views of "the facts".

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