The Role of Culture in Shaping the Curriculum of Higher Education in South Africa

Over the past two decades, South African higher education (HE) sector has highlighted usefulness of a locally relevant curriculum that incorporates culture. There is also some research calling for integration culture and an emphasis on Africanized curriculum. However, these related concepts (culture Africanization) have yet to be sufficiently applied in HE as part transformation drive. The present paper aims review literature regarding role Africanization academic material context Africa. primary method this study selected findings containing issues its transformation. reveal culture, more specifically localized (in sector), are not adequately understood, even though progress been made over last decades. inheritance colonial Eurocentric views believed hindering progress. Higher can regard play significant achieving goal