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Aug 27, 2025

Sat 9 Aug 2025
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TAF Wellness | Overcoming Colonial Legacies
2pm GMT | 3pm WAT | 4pm CAT | 5pm EAT

As Africa reclaims its narrative and reimagines its future, education is at the heart of transformation. 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. Be part of that discussion here.

Our theme for the month of August is
The ideal education system for Africa - in context of the colonial system

Africa must reimagine education beyond its colonial foundations. Most current systems still reflect foreign priorities, leaving students disconnected from their cultures and unprepared for their realities. The challenge now is to create education that equips learners to build, lead and solve problems in their own communities. That means designing systems rooted in African knowledge, languages and values. Systems that restore dignity, develop critical thinking and prepare young people not only to succeed, but also to transform.

This month’s Policy Paper looks at how Africa’s education systems were built under colonial rule and still operate according to priorities that are not our own. The structure, language and content remain tied to a legacy of control rather than empowerment, encouraging memorisation over critical thinking and failing to develop the skills needed to lead and problem-solve. Reclaiming our education will require more than reform. It calls for a complete rethinking of what learning is for. It must be grounded in African realities, guided by African values and designed to prepare learners not just to pass, but to build, question and create.

Visit the TAF Online Community to read what we have gathered so far and share comments.

TAF FAQs - Why should I join TAF?

As Africans, we know that our continent and our people have infinite potential. We need a continent-wide system of civil leadership that creates, plans, projects and protects the unity of our people. One that amplifies and reconciles our authentic voice to ensure that we are heard. When you join TAF you become part of a catalytic system for change - an organization that will: demand respect for Africa on the world stage; hold political leaders to account; harness the latent potential of our continent; deliver measurable and sustainable progress; restore our pride, unite, empower and benefit all Africans. If you want to be part of this change, please join us.
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Spotlight of the week
Kimberly Hawadi

Kimberly Hawadi, Head of Communication for TAF Environment, focuses on highlighting African perspectives on the environment. Based in Zimbabwe, she works to amplify the call for homegrown solutions to the continent’s environmental challenges.

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Want to volunteer with TAF?
TAF Focus Units continue to seek volunteers for their Heads of Research, Engagement, Communication and Support Units. Visit the Volunteer page on the TAF website for details and to apply.

Head of Research & Policy: Responsible for research-driven implementable-policy development, policy prioritisation, research integrity & quality, inter-Focus Unit research & policy coordination and thought leadership. Requires relevant policy-sector experience.

Head of Engagement: Responsible for impactful delivery of external engagement with & through policy development & implementation stakeholders (including members & partners and TAF commercial business models), inter-Focus Unit engagement coordination and thought leadership. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Head of Communications: Responsible for internal & external communications (incl. brand, strategy & execution) for the Focus Unit and intra-TAF coordination. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Head of Support Unit: Responsible for strategic & operational finance, governance & controls, legal and HR. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Deputy CEO: Responsible for coordination & prioritisation of leadership team & unit activities. Requires organisation or large team management experience.

About The African Federation
The African Federation (TAF) is a new and distinct pan-African organization formed through a collaboration of Africa’s people and founded for the youth of tomorrow. We are inspired by our common values, principles, and an ideology that promotes inter-African cooperation and pan Africanism. We are determined to restore the unity, prosperity, and sovereignty of Africa so that by 2050, Africa will be a superpower for the many, rather than the few.

Find out more about the African Federation here:
theafricanfederation.org