BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16387-03ea0bf060e69dcf527e979e3fe32dc3@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T013624Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T110000 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies— Peter Mose DESCRIPTION:\n \;\n\nAbstract\n\nDecolonising the Mind is a classic text in the African language conversation. It advocates for the knowledg e and use of African languages and presents a thesis that the languages have the capacity to bear knowledge. The text is underlain by the unders tanding that it is not possible to separate the person from their mother tongue. Further to that is an argument that if a person does not know t heir mother tongue\, they are enslaved. This presentation intends to exp lore this conversation by analyzing the immediate context of the text wi th regard to the subject of decoloniality in language learning\, languag e use\, and the larger question of knowledge generation. The presentatio n will explore the following sub-themes: Language in Kenya from the 1920 s to date\; the language discourse in selected African countries\; Afric an language curriculums in African countries\; African language literacy practices\; a case for African language curriculum deconstruction\; a c ase for critical literacies in African languages. The crux of the presen tation is that Decolonising the Mind is not merely a language literacy c ampaign but a wide-ranging crusade to restore what is essentially Africa n in our epistemology and ontology\, cognizant of the reality that Afric a has had a centuries-long cultural encounter with diverse cultures\, bu t that it still retains uniqueness that needs to be acknowledged and tha t African peoples need to identify with. African language curriculum tra nsformation and efforts towards critical literacies should precede endea vours to restore African identities\, valorizing African heritages\, and creating confidence in African knowledges\, beliefs\, and practices.\n\ nBio\n\nPeter N. Mose is a senior lecturer at the Department of Language s\, Linguistics and Literature at Kisii University in Kenya. He obtained his doctoral degree in African languages from Rhodes University\, South Africa\, and also pursued his post-doctoral training from the same inst itution. His specialization is in the intersection of language literacie s\, multilingualism\, and language policies. His current research intere st is in critical literacies/pedagogies and curriculum making in African languages. Mose is a member of professional language associations and c urrently an honorary senior research associate at Rhodes University’s Sc hool of Languages and Literatures. He has published in the area of langu ages and literacies and has also presented research papers at internatio nal conferences both in Africa and the United States. Mose believes that championing for African languages is not merely a Pan-Africanist anthem \, but a campaign to (re)member the African soul\, revalorize the Africa n identity\, and to revive and restore truly African ontologies and cosm ologies based on our heritage and current realities.\n\nFor more details : https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-peter-mose/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

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Decolonising the Mind is a classic text in the Afr ican language conversation. It advocates for the knowledge and use of Af rican languages and presents a thesis that the languages have the capaci ty to bear knowledge. The text is underlain by the understanding that it is not possible to separate the person from their mother tongue. Furthe r to that is an argument that if a person does not know their mother ton gue, they are enslaved. This presentation intends to explore this conver sation by analyzing the immediate context of the text with regard to the subject of decoloniality in language learning, language use, and the la rger question of knowledge generation. The presentation will explore the following sub-themes: Language in Kenya from the 1920s to date; the lan guage discourse in selected African countries; African language curricul ums in African countries; African language literacy practices; a case fo r African language curriculum deconstruction; a case for critical litera cies in African languages. The crux of the presentation is that Deco lonising the Mind is not merely a language literacy campaign but a wide-ranging crusade to restore what is essentially African in our epist emology and ontology, cognizant of the reality that Africa has had a cen turies-long cultural encounter with diverse cultures, but that it still retains uniqueness that needs to be acknowledged and that African people s need to identify with. African language curriculum transformation and efforts towards critical literacies should precede endeavours to restore African identities, valorizing African heritages, and creating confiden ce in African knowledges, beliefs, and practices.

Bio

Peter N. Mose is a senior lecturer at the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literature at Kisii University in Kenya. He obtained his doctoral d egree in African languages from Rhodes University, South Africa, and als o pursued his post-doctoral training from the same institution. His spec ialization is in the intersection of language literacies, multilingualis m, and language policies. His current research interest is in critical l iteracies/pedagogies and curriculum making in African languages. Mose is a member of professional language associations and currently an honorar y senior research associate at Rhodes University’s School of Languages a nd Literatures. He has published in the area of languages and literacies and has also presented research papers at international conferences bot h in Africa and the United States. Mose believes that championing for Af rican languages is not merely a Pan-Africanist anthem, but a campaign to (re)member the African soul, revalorize the African identity, and to re vive and restore truly African ontologies and cosmologies based on our h eritage and current realities.

For more details: https://ev ents.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-peter-mose/

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