How does one #Decolonize a curriculum at an educational institution whose mission has been distorted by Western colonizing forces?

One group of students at the Makerere Institute of Social Research in #Uganda read the #Muqaddimah by #IbnKhaldun as a way to start answering that question.

You won't be surprised that Wiley wants 10 USD for you to be able to read this article over a 48 hour period, but as a one-off I think it's worth it.

#Africa #Islam #AfricanHistory #Historiography #Anticolonialism

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/johs.12148

Thoughts about stable, shared culture—and a present-day nod to #IbnKhaldun ‘s concept of #asabiyyah : https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/arts/television/schoolhouse-rock-50th-anniversary.html

To blindly follow and mindlessly imitate is behaviour associated with herd animals - creatures of limited intelligence who find security in numbers. For human beings, there is no ultimate security to be found in numbers, each of us is uniquely and personally accountable to God. To follow and imitate blindly, without thought and consideration, will not protect us - nor will it preserve the traditions of the past, rather it dishonours the dead.

#ibnkhaldun #culture #tradition #faith #islam

“Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn’t mean that the dead are alive. But that the living are dead.”

- Ibn Khaldun

#ibnkhaldun #khaldun #quote #history #tradition #culture #conservatism #customs #faith #sunnah #sociology #society #humanity #community

@RTNoftheMackell the #Asabiyyah is accreting elsewhere.
#IbnKhaldun