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"Decolonizing" Science in Multi-Language Africa
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
20 Apr 2020
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South African communicator and journalist Sibusiso Biyela wrote an article on “decolonizing” science so that it is accessible to the country’s many indigenous language groups. “What’s most important for me is the idea of democratizing science, so that more people will be participating in it,” said Biyela. It’s important that Africans “learn the skills that come of science, such as critical thinking and skepticism.

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