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Decolonising Peace Education in Africa

Publications

List of Publications 

Over the last few years, many publications have come out of the DEPA project. 

Below are some of them to date

 

Decolonising This, Decolonising That: Beyond Rhetorical Decolonisation in Migration Studies

P Raghuram & G Sondhi

Reflexivities and Knowledge Production in Migration Studies J. Dahinden and A. Pott (eds) 

First published 2026

Decolonising This, Decolonising That: Beyond Rhetorical Decolonisation in Migration Studies

 

Weaving Heritage: The Narrative Capabilities and Herstories of Tonga Women 

K Masungo, F Cin, F Mkwananzi, T Marovah & A Gunter. 

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

First published 2025

Weaving Heritage: The Narrative Capabilities and Herstories of Tonga Women 

 

Navigating Fluid Borders: Shaking up & Unlearning the Coloniality of Peace Research within Congolese-Burundian Borderlands

Authors: Astrid Jamar, Christelle Balegamire, Pat Stys, and Jean-Paul Nizigiyimana

Special Issue “Depopulating places: in search of challenging but possible futures,” Parvati Raghuram (Ed.)  

 

Drawing on/about Proverbial Art to Rethink the Coloniality of Gender across Burundian-Congolese Borderlands 

with J.-L. Nsengiyumva, and J.-P. Nizigiyimana, 

Chapter for edited book Arts and Heritage in Education for Peace: Insights from Africa, Melis Cin, Craig Walker, and Faith Mkwananzi (Eds), 

Open Access book, 2025.

 

Resounding resistance: Decolonising memory through Johannesburg’s sound art narratives
Stefanie Kappler, Ashley Gunter, and Lorna Truter
Memory Studies
First published May 2025

Resounding resistance: Decolonising memory through Johannesburg’s sound art narratives

 

Southern Theories: Contemporary and Future Challenges. 

Oliver Mutanga & Tendayi Marovah

Routledge

First published May 2025

Southern Theories: Contemporary and Future Challenges. 

 

PhotoVoice and metaphors: narrating experiences of gender-based violence

South African Geographical Journal

Markus Roos Breines, Ketema Degefa & Getahun Wakwaya

First published April 2025

PhotoVoice and metaphors: narrating experiences of gender-based violence. 

 

Toward Decolonizing Peace and Conflict Issues in Nigerian Sociology Curricula 

A. G. Umar Kari

African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies

First published August 2023

Toward Decolonizing Peace and Conflict Issues in Nigerian Sociology Curricula 

 

Islamic-based educational leadership in UK higher education. 

Fella Lahmar

Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management - Challenging Expectations through Global Critical Insights. (pp. 105-126).

First published 2023

Islamic-based educational leadership in UK higher education. 

 

Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management: Challenging Expectations Through Global Critical Insights

Arar Khalid, Sawalhi Rania, Decuir Amaarah, Amatullah Tasneem

Routledge

First published 2023

Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management: Challenging Expectations Through Global Critical Insights

 

Participatory Art for Navigating Political Capabilities and Aspirations Among Rural Youth in Zimbabwe 

Melis Cin, Tendayi Marovah, Faith Mkwananzi 

Third World Quarterly, 42(12), 2863-2882.  

First published September 2021

Participatory Art for Navigating Political Capabilities and Aspirations Among Rural Youth in Zimbabwe 

 

A Capabilitarian Participatory Paradigm: Methods, Methodologies and Cosmological Issues and Possibilities

Carmen Martinez-Vargas; Melanie Walker; Melis Cin; Alejanda Boni Aristizabal

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 23(1), 8-29.

First published December 2021

A Capabilitarian Participatory Paradigm: Methods, Methodologies and Cosmological Issues and Possibilities

 

Post-conflict Participatory Arts: Socially Engaged Development

Faith Mkwananzi and Firdevs Melis Cin

Routledge

First published December 2021  

Post-conflict Participatory Arts: Socially Engaged Development

 

Transformative Youth Development Through Heritage Projects: Connecting Political, Creative, and Cultural Capabilities.

Faith Mkwananzi, F. Melis Cin & Tendayi Marovah

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 29(6), 581-597

First published May 2023

Transformative Youth Development Through Heritage Projects: Connecting Political, Creative, and Cultural Capabilities.

 

Graffiti as a Participatory Method Fostering Epistemic Justice and Collective Capabilities Among Rural Youth: A Case Study in Zimbabwe 

Tendayi Marovah & Faith Mkwananzi 

Participatory Research, Capabilities and Epistemic Justice: A Transformative Agenda for Higher Education, 215-241.

First published November 2020

Graffiti as a Participatory Method Fostering Epistemic Justice and Collective Capabilities Among Rural Youth: A Case Study in Zimbabwe 

 

Decolonising participatory research: can Ubuntu philosophy contribute something?
Tendayi Marovah and Oliver Mutanga

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1-16. 

First published May 2023

Decolonising participatory research: can Ubuntu philosophy contribute something?

 

The Pedagogical Value of Museums in the Teaching and Learning of Secondary School History: A Historical Thinking Perspective

Tendayi Marovah & Hlengiwe Ncube

The Social Studies, 1-11

First published September 2023

The Pedagogical Value of Museums in the Teaching and Learning of Secondary School History: A Historical Thinking Perspective