Sesanti
Biographic Data
| ID | 25307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sesanti |
| FAMILY NAME | Sesanti |
| SIGNATURE | SESANTI |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4546-5218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reclaiming the Philosophical, Educational, and Psychological in African Initiation Schools through Afrocentric Education
European colonialists not only physically dislocated Africans from their land but, also, dislocated them philosophically, educationally, psychologically, and epistemologically by displacing Afrocentric education, and replacing it with Eurocentric education. They projected initiation schools as centres promoting violence against young women and men, fully cognisant that initiation schools were aimed at transforming playful girls and boys into resp…
"Mangaliso Sobukwe's Linkages to Pan-Africanist Struggles for a Decolonized and Afrocentric "African University
The year 2025 holds great significance in the calendar of Pan-Africanism. It marks the 80th anniversary of the fifth Pan African Congress (PAC) held in Manchester, London, following four Pan African Congresses held under the leadership of the Pan-Africanist philosopher, William Du Bois. The five PACs, themselves, followed the Pan African Conference convened by the Pan-Africanist lawyer, Henry Sylvester Williams, in 1900. In this article, I examin…
The Exclusion of Ubuntu from South Africa's Constitution
Bell hooks’ feminist, and ancient Egypt’s philosophy of education for an enabling Afrocentric education
In 2021, bell hooks, an African-American anti-colonial education and feminist educator, passed on. hooks’ passing coincided with the 40th publication anniversary of her book, Ain’t I a woman: Black Women and Feminism. Her passing, and her book’s 40th anniversary, present opportunities for reflecting on her ideas about education as an instrument of freedom in a world where racists and sexists historically used education as an instrument of oppress…
Understanding gender identities in an African communitarian world view
In African philosophical literature, and especially in Afro-communitarianism, there are discussions about the value of the relationship an individual has with her respective community. By community, reference is made to the metaphysical holistic view of community which includes all beings in nature. But since the article deals with gender, which is a social construction, most of the arguments appeal to a narrower version of community, that of hum…
Teaching Ancient Egyptian Philosophy of Education in Teacher Education
In 2003, almost a decade after South Africa’s 1994 first democratic elections, an academic debate emerged about the need to include the indigenous African philosophy of education in teacher education. Subsequently, Ubuntu philosophy has been given attention in philosophy for teacher education. However, ancient Egyptian philosophy of education, an indigenous African tradition, is absent. On their part, European and Asian philosophies of education …
Studying and teaching ethnic African languages for Pan-African consciousness, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
In order to conquer and subjugate Africans, at the 1884 Berlin Conference, European countries dismembered Africa by carving her up into pieces and sharing her among themselves. European colonialists also antagonised Africans by setting up one ethnic African community against the other, thus promoting ethnic consciousness to undermine Pan-African consciousness. European powers also imposed their own “ethnic” languages, making them not only “offici…
Afrocentric education’s foundations of Wangari Maathai’s philosophical (ethical) leadership
The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the passin g of Wangari Maathai, an environmentalist, women’s rights’ activist, Pan-Africanist, African Renaissance advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Throughout her life – as a girlchild in primary school, a professional in higher education, a married woman and a politician – Maathai was confronted by and, in turn, confronted patriarchal practices in Kenya. An examination of Maathai’s life can easi…
The African Intellectuals’ Project
Soon after taking the position of editor of IJARS at the beginning of 2019, I was \ncontacted by the dean of Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS), Prof. Lindiwe \nZungu, who informed me that the university’s principal and vice-chancellor, Prof. \nMandla Makhanya, had decided to revive his project, the African Intellectuals’ Project \n(AIP). I was asked to coordinate this project, through which Makhanya sought to invite \nscholars, academics,…
The Pan-African Pantheon
(2020). The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 137-139
Decolonized and Afrocentric Education
The pan-African struggle for decolonization, both in the continent and the diaspora against European slavery and colonialism, was an expression of an African Renaissance (rebirth, reclamation). Colonialism and colonization dismembered Africans through land dispossession and forcible relocation into slavery. Both the physical and cultural dismemberment were entrenched and sustained through Eurocentric education, which sought to displace Africans’ …
The African Renaissance as a reversal of conquest expressed in naming
The African Renaissance is historically an African revolutionary project aimed at reclaiming and reviving African heritage that was destroyed by European slavery and colonialism. One of the manifestations of the African Renaissance was to do away with European names imposed on African countries, and to replace them with African names. While this was a good move, it was a half-measure because it ignored the gender aspect of colonial naming which s…
Teaching ancient Egyptian philosophy (ethics) and history
Despite the granting of "independence" to African countries more than 50 years ago, colonial scholarship continues to dominate in African institutions of higher learning. The genesis of ethics, a branch of philosophy, is attributed to the Greeks as if James Breasted's study of ancient Egypt did not, in the early 1930s, demonstrate convincingly that the ancient Egyptians were the first to seriously engage with issues of right and wrong in the worl…
Thabo Mbeki’s African developmental agenda through Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance
In 1996, the then South African deputy president thabo Mbeki opened parliament with his since then acclaimed ‘I am an African’ speech. Subsequently, Mbeki publicly persuaded Africans to embrace and advance the concept of an African renaissance for Africa’s development. While Mbeki’s African renaissance project was welcomed on the one hand; on the other, it was anticipated that it would be an elitist project. In this article, it is argued that to …
African Philosophy in Pursuit of an African Renaissance for the True Liberation of African Women
The African liberation struggle fought against two intertwined forces, colonization and colonialism. The former implied physical occupation and dispossession of Africans’ land, while the latter implied destruction of their culture. While “political independence” succeeded in an artificial and superficial sense in granting space for African cultural reclamation, this success presented little or no joy in restoring the dignified space that African …
Africanising the philosophy curriculum through teaching African culture modules
Often, when the concept “African culture” arises in philosophical discourses among Africans, debates tend to be characterised by a dichotomous line between those who insist on the existence of “one African culture” and those rejecting the existence of such, insisting rather on the plurality and heterogeneity of “African cultures”. In this debate the interlocutors tend to speak past one another, thus missing the opportunity to appreciate the richn…
Teaching African Philosophy in African institutions of higher learning
In the not-so-distant past, colonial European scholarship denied the existence of African philosophy. In reaction, indigenous African scholars assiduously strove to prove its existence. While Africans succeeded in demonstrating the existence of African philosophy, another denial—deliberate or otherwise—manifested and continues to manifest itself in the non-existence or peripheral existence of African philosophy in institutions of higher learning.…
The concept of ‘respect’ in African culture in the context of journalism practice
For decades, since the debate about the role of the media in post-colonial Africa emerged, a distorted interpretation of the meaning of ‘respect’ in the African cultural context has persisted in academic discourse to the present day. The distorted view suggests that according to traditional African beliefs it is disrespectful to criticise authoritative figures. On this basis, in some African countries journalism students have opposed criticism of…
Manifestations of African Islam
Early in 2003, African Muslims in Uitenhage’s township Kwa-Nobuhle learnt that Muslim women led by Sheikh Nceba Salamntu, then the Imam of the New Brighton Mosque, in Port Elizabeth, participated in a burial process, entering right into the graveyard itself; a hitherto proscribed exercise. Theresultant discomfort felt by the community in Kwa-Nobuhle, on the one hand, and excitement on the other, form the basis of discussion in this article. The a…
Reclaiming space
In 2005, the Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, was charged with raping his late comrade's daughter. Outside the court, his supporters carried placards and screamed 'Burn the bitch'. Inside the court, Zuma's legal team cross-examined the rape complainant on her sexual history. In 2006, former ANC Parliamentary Chief Whip, Mbulelelo Goniwe, reportedly asked a 21-year-old administrative assistant, who had been requ…
The concept of ‘respect’ in African culture in the context of journalism practice
For decades, since the debate about the role of the media in post-colonial Africa emerged, a distorted interpretation of the meaning of ‘respect’ in the African cultural context has persisted in academic discourse to the present day. The distorted view suggests that according to traditional African beliefs it is disrespectful to criticise authoritative figures. On this basis, in some African countries journalism students have opposed criticism of…
Teaching African Philosophy in African institutions of higher learning
In the not-so-distant past, colonial European scholarship denied the existence of African philosophy. In reaction, indigenous African scholars assiduously strove to prove its existence. While Africans succeeded in demonstrating the existence of African philosophy, another denial—deliberate or otherwise—manifested and continues to manifest itself in the non-existence or peripheral existence of African philosophy in institutions of higher learning.…
Reclaiming space
In 2005, the Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, was charged with raping his late comrade's daughter. Outside the court, his supporters carried placards and screamed 'Burn the bitch'. Inside the court, Zuma's legal team cross-examined the rape complainant on her sexual history. In 2006, former ANC Parliamentary Chief Whip, Mbulelelo Goniwe, reportedly asked a 21-year-old administrative assistant, who had been requ…
"Mangaliso Sobukwe's Linkages to Pan-Africanist Struggles for a Decolonized and Afrocentric "African University
The year 2025 holds great significance in the calendar of Pan-Africanism. It marks the 80th anniversary of the fifth Pan African Congress (PAC) held in Manchester, London, following four Pan African Congresses held under the leadership of the Pan-Africanist philosopher, William Du Bois. The five PACs, themselves, followed the Pan African Conference convened by the Pan-Africanist lawyer, Henry Sylvester Williams, in 1900. In this article, I examin…
Africanising the philosophy curriculum through teaching African culture modules
Often, when the concept “African culture” arises in philosophical discourses among Africans, debates tend to be characterised by a dichotomous line between those who insist on the existence of “one African culture” and those rejecting the existence of such, insisting rather on the plurality and heterogeneity of “African cultures”. In this debate the interlocutors tend to speak past one another, thus missing the opportunity to appreciate the richn…
Manifestations of African Islam
Early in 2003, African Muslims in Uitenhage’s township Kwa-Nobuhle learnt that Muslim women led by Sheikh Nceba Salamntu, then the Imam of the New Brighton Mosque, in Port Elizabeth, participated in a burial process, entering right into the graveyard itself; a hitherto proscribed exercise. Theresultant discomfort felt by the community in Kwa-Nobuhle, on the one hand, and excitement on the other, form the basis of discussion in this article. The a…
Reclaiming space
In 2005, the Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, was charged with raping his late comrade's daughter. Outside the court, his supporters carried placards and screamed 'Burn the bitch'. Inside the court, Zuma's legal team cross-examined the rape complainant on her sexual history. In 2006, former ANC Parliamentary Chief Whip, Mbulelelo Goniwe, reportedly asked a 21-year-old administrative assistant, who had been requ…
The concept of ‘respect’ in African culture in the context of journalism practice
For decades, since the debate about the role of the media in post-colonial Africa emerged, a distorted interpretation of the meaning of ‘respect’ in the African cultural context has persisted in academic discourse to the present day. The distorted view suggests that according to traditional African beliefs it is disrespectful to criticise authoritative figures. On this basis, in some African countries journalism students have opposed criticism of…
Teaching African Philosophy in African institutions of higher learning
In the not-so-distant past, colonial European scholarship denied the existence of African philosophy. In reaction, indigenous African scholars assiduously strove to prove its existence. While Africans succeeded in demonstrating the existence of African philosophy, another denial—deliberate or otherwise—manifested and continues to manifest itself in the non-existence or peripheral existence of African philosophy in institutions of higher learning.…
Thabo Mbeki’s African developmental agenda through Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance
In 1996, the then South African deputy president thabo Mbeki opened parliament with his since then acclaimed ‘I am an African’ speech. Subsequently, Mbeki publicly persuaded Africans to embrace and advance the concept of an African renaissance for Africa’s development. While Mbeki’s African renaissance project was welcomed on the one hand; on the other, it was anticipated that it would be an elitist project. In this article, it is argued that to …
African Philosophy in Pursuit of an African Renaissance for the True Liberation of African Women
The African liberation struggle fought against two intertwined forces, colonization and colonialism. The former implied physical occupation and dispossession of Africans’ land, while the latter implied destruction of their culture. While “political independence” succeeded in an artificial and superficial sense in granting space for African cultural reclamation, this success presented little or no joy in restoring the dignified space that African …
Africanising the philosophy curriculum through teaching African culture modules
Often, when the concept “African culture” arises in philosophical discourses among Africans, debates tend to be characterised by a dichotomous line between those who insist on the existence of “one African culture” and those rejecting the existence of such, insisting rather on the plurality and heterogeneity of “African cultures”. In this debate the interlocutors tend to speak past one another, thus missing the opportunity to appreciate the richn…
The African Renaissance as a reversal of conquest expressed in naming
The African Renaissance is historically an African revolutionary project aimed at reclaiming and reviving African heritage that was destroyed by European slavery and colonialism. One of the manifestations of the African Renaissance was to do away with European names imposed on African countries, and to replace them with African names. While this was a good move, it was a half-measure because it ignored the gender aspect of colonial naming which s…
Teaching ancient Egyptian philosophy (ethics) and history
Despite the granting of "independence" to African countries more than 50 years ago, colonial scholarship continues to dominate in African institutions of higher learning. The genesis of ethics, a branch of philosophy, is attributed to the Greeks as if James Breasted's study of ancient Egypt did not, in the early 1930s, demonstrate convincingly that the ancient Egyptians were the first to seriously engage with issues of right and wrong in the worl…
Decolonized and Afrocentric Education
The pan-African struggle for decolonization, both in the continent and the diaspora against European slavery and colonialism, was an expression of an African Renaissance (rebirth, reclamation). Colonialism and colonization dismembered Africans through land dispossession and forcible relocation into slavery. Both the physical and cultural dismemberment were entrenched and sustained through Eurocentric education, which sought to displace Africans’ …
The African Intellectuals’ Project
Soon after taking the position of editor of IJARS at the beginning of 2019, I was \ncontacted by the dean of Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS), Prof. Lindiwe \nZungu, who informed me that the university’s principal and vice-chancellor, Prof. \nMandla Makhanya, had decided to revive his project, the African Intellectuals’ Project \n(AIP). I was asked to coordinate this project, through which Makhanya sought to invite \nscholars, academics,…
The Pan-African Pantheon
(2020). The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 137-139
Studying and teaching ethnic African languages for Pan-African consciousness, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
In order to conquer and subjugate Africans, at the 1884 Berlin Conference, European countries dismembered Africa by carving her up into pieces and sharing her among themselves. European colonialists also antagonised Africans by setting up one ethnic African community against the other, thus promoting ethnic consciousness to undermine Pan-African consciousness. European powers also imposed their own “ethnic” languages, making them not only “offici…
Afrocentric education’s foundations of Wangari Maathai’s philosophical (ethical) leadership
The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the passin g of Wangari Maathai, an environmentalist, women’s rights’ activist, Pan-Africanist, African Renaissance advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Throughout her life – as a girlchild in primary school, a professional in higher education, a married woman and a politician – Maathai was confronted by and, in turn, confronted patriarchal practices in Kenya. An examination of Maathai’s life can easi…
Teaching Ancient Egyptian Philosophy of Education in Teacher Education
In 2003, almost a decade after South Africa’s 1994 first democratic elections, an academic debate emerged about the need to include the indigenous African philosophy of education in teacher education. Subsequently, Ubuntu philosophy has been given attention in philosophy for teacher education. However, ancient Egyptian philosophy of education, an indigenous African tradition, is absent. On their part, European and Asian philosophies of education …
Bell hooks’ feminist, and ancient Egypt’s philosophy of education for an enabling Afrocentric education
In 2021, bell hooks, an African-American anti-colonial education and feminist educator, passed on. hooks’ passing coincided with the 40th publication anniversary of her book, Ain’t I a woman: Black Women and Feminism. Her passing, and her book’s 40th anniversary, present opportunities for reflecting on her ideas about education as an instrument of freedom in a world where racists and sexists historically used education as an instrument of oppress…
Understanding gender identities in an African communitarian world view
In African philosophical literature, and especially in Afro-communitarianism, there are discussions about the value of the relationship an individual has with her respective community. By community, reference is made to the metaphysical holistic view of community which includes all beings in nature. But since the article deals with gender, which is a social construction, most of the arguments appeal to a narrower version of community, that of hum…
"Mangaliso Sobukwe's Linkages to Pan-Africanist Struggles for a Decolonized and Afrocentric "African University
The year 2025 holds great significance in the calendar of Pan-Africanism. It marks the 80th anniversary of the fifth Pan African Congress (PAC) held in Manchester, London, following four Pan African Congresses held under the leadership of the Pan-Africanist philosopher, William Du Bois. The five PACs, themselves, followed the Pan African Conference convened by the Pan-Africanist lawyer, Henry Sylvester Williams, in 1900. In this article, I examin…
The Exclusion of Ubuntu from South Africa's Constitution
Reclaiming the Philosophical, Educational, and Psychological in African Initiation Schools through Afrocentric Education
European colonialists not only physically dislocated Africans from their land but, also, dislocated them philosophically, educationally, psychologically, and epistemologically by displacing Afrocentric education, and replacing it with Eurocentric education. They projected initiation schools as centres promoting violence against young women and men, fully cognisant that initiation schools were aimed at transforming playful girls and boys into resp…
Sociology (18 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (16 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (13 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · History (10 works) · African Renaissance (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works)