Knowledge Production and the Search for Epistemic Liberation in Africa

Dennis Masaka obtained a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of South Africa in 2016. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe. He is also a Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Free State, South Africa (2019-2023). His research interests are in knowledge production in Africa, philosophy of liberation, decolonisation and epistemic justice. He has published a number of papers in reputable journals such as Social Epistemology, South African Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Papers, African Identities Journal, Journal of Black Studies, Education as Change, African Study Monographs, Journal of Negro Education, Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Alternation Journal, Journal on African Philosophy & CODESRIA Bulletin .