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It's time to challenge the authenticity and moral grounding of colonial education

Pupils in class during a lesson. [File, Standard]

It's been "back to school" preoccupation since last week, but back to school to study what? Imbibe which values? Acquire knowledge that serves whose interest? Learn to align with which historical thread?

These Ngugi Wa Thiong'o-like questions have been crossing my mind from the time I visited the Mbale Islamic University Department of Political Science in Uganda -last week. I was seeking the assistance of the department to enable me locate where the remains of Field Marshal John Okello were buried and where his family is located.

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