TAF Twitter Space | Equity and Access

As Africa reclaims its narrative and reimagines its future, education lies at the heart of transformation. On Saturday, August 9, 2025, The African Federation (TAF) Wellness Focus Unit will host a critical X-Space conversation exploring how the colonial legacy continues to shape (and often undermine) Africa’s education systems.

With the theme “Equity and Access: Overcoming Colonial Legacies and Building Inclusive African Education Systems,” this 90-minute virtual session will expose the historical roots of inequality in African education and unpack how structural disparities, rooted in language, geography, gender and economic class continue to persist. The session aims to do more than diagnose a problem; it is about mobilising minds and sparking a continent-wide reimagining of what education in Africa should be. Participants will explore:

- The colonial foundations of Africa’s current education structures
- How Eurocentric definitions of “quality education” continue to alienate African learners
- The urgent need to reclaim African philosophies, languages and epistemologies
- Barriers to equitable access, including infrastructure, funding, disability inclusion and regional inequality
- The leadership and policy changes required to build education systems that serve African realities and ambitions

This event will feature presentations from TAF Wellness researchers and communications leaders, who will provide deep context, draw connections to today’s inequities and propose realistic, grounded solutions. It will culminate with TAF’s strategic position on the future of African education, aligned with the broader 2025-28-35 milestones guiding our work toward building a vibrant, united and prosperous Africa.

Whether you are an educator, student, policymaker or citizen committed to African liberation, this conversation is an opportunity to reflect, reframe and recommit to building a curriculum and education system that reflects who we are and who we are becoming.

Date: August 9, 2025

Schedule: 2pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | 3pm West Africa Time (WAT) | 4pm Central Africa Time (CAT) | 5pm East Africa Time (EAT)

Location: https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMJgkkjzlXJL

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