The postcolonial critique to continuing development education in sub-saharian Africa

Abstract

This contribution aims to show the need to integrate postcolonial criticism in education for sustainable development (ESD) in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The reflection proposed here intends to show that the education for sustainable development currently carried out in sub-Saharan Africa leads to a westernization of mentalities. It is an ESD that is not rooted in Black African civilization. It is based on training curricula, didactic transmission experiences and pedagogical practices that are Western. It is an ESD that disseminates and reproduces Western thinking on environment and development. The author proposes a postcolonial transition of ESD that involves teaching endogenous knowledge and Black African thought.

Keywords

• Education for sustainable development
• Postcolonial pedagogy
• Negro-African thought
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Westernization
• Interculturality