“decolonised, Afrocentric curriculum”, with Afrocentrism as a new standard and Africa as the
beginning and end of what is worth knowing. But, to do so would not be truly developmental
because in progressive thought Afrocentrism is never the end; it is rather a means, a stepping
stone to a global platform where scholars engage in intellectual and cultural exchange as
equals. Starting with the known and progressing to the unknown is inherently progressive because it
recognises that while what is familiar is meaningful, a true end of empowering education is
mastery of the unfamiliar. By being inward-looking and self-reflexive, Eurocentrism debilitated
itself by cutting off links with the infinite riches of global human knowledge
Write an argumentive essay on decolonising education expressed by the author in the above text.
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