Decoloniality, ubuntu and human rights in South Africa: a bridge to social justice

Deconstructing African identities: notions of fatherhood amongst Zulu men in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal.

“…In particular, decolonial and Afrocentric research argues that social and cultural identities and knowledge created in Africa should be informed by African ontologies, histories, cultures, and social contexts (Bent-Goodley, Fairfay, & Carton-LaNey, 2017). The end of apartheid and colonialism did not logically end the dominance of Eurocentric cultural values, norms, and knowledges because these continued in newer forms (Geduld, 2020). These hegemonic Eurocentric values and knowledges continue to be at the centre of Africa (Geduld, 2020), within which Africans negotiate and navigate their social identities such as fatherhood.…”

“…The end of apartheid and colonialism did not logically end the dominance of Eurocentric cultural values, norms, and knowledges because these continued in newer forms (Geduld, 2020). These hegemonic Eurocentric values and knowledges continue to be at the centre of Africa (Geduld, 2020), within which Africans negotiate and navigate their social identities such as fatherhood.…”