African Philosophy of Education Reconsidered

'This solidly scholarly book by Yusef Waghid, professor of philosophy at Stellenbosch in South Africa in the Routledge 'new directions in the philosophy of education' series is well anchored in both African and non-African literature. It connects the uniquely African, sometimes local-within-African, to universal discourse via leading scholars of the West such as Derrida, Nussbaum and MacIntyre. Waghid treats his sources with respect and dignity, listening and engaging them in dialogues' - Chris Duke, Honorary Professor RMIT University, Melbourne and University of Glasgow, International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, 2015

'Yusef Waghid's African Philosophy of Education Reconsidered is a significant publication, not only for its extended articulation and defence of African philosophy of education. It also offers an attempt both to bridge the long-standing gap in African philosophy between the particularism of traditional ethnophilosophy and the universalism of African professional or academic philosophy, and relatedly to harmonise the universal and the particular in the further sense of drawing on philosophy from outside Africa, in Europe and the West.'- Penny Enslin, University of Glasgow, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain

'This is a work from an African philosopher whose status and authority are growing internationally. It argues for a new approach to African philosophy of education, showing how it can be transformed from its previous cultural and rational roots into a new approach to problems of education, social justice and education policy-making from a communitarian stand-point. Waghid argues for an education and social justice policy approach underpinned by understanding and application of the values of "Ubuntu" (African humaneness and interdependency) as pathways for our onward journey towards justice and reconciliation. This is view and a recommendation which should be more widely shared among wider international communities. Its resonance at the present time would be widely welcomed and applicable around the world.' - D N Aspin, Formerly Dean, Faculties of Education, Monash University, Australia and King's College London, UK