The Role of Language(s) in Transformative Higher Education in Africa: A Capabilities Perspective
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Ntimi Mtawa | Larry Ndivo | Laela Adamson
Pages 560-580 | Published online: 05 Aug 2025
https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2025.2541671
Abstract
Against the backdrop of discussions and debates about the potential for Higher Education (HE) to have a transformative role and to foster processes and competencies for sustainable development, this paper shines a spotlight on the role of language-in-education policies and practices and how they might work to help or hinder these ambitions.
Drawing on a review of existing literatures relating to capabilities and HE in Africa and language(s) in African education, this conceptual paper argues that we must pay much greater attention to the role of language(s) if we aspire to humanizing learning processes that enable personal and societal transformation.