George J. Sefa Dei

Title

George J. Sefa Dei

Rights

Image used with author's permission. Photograph credit to OISE, University of Toronto.

Birthplace

Asokore, Koforidua, Ghana

Primary Sources

Dei, G. J. S., & Cacciavillani, A. (2024). Actualizing decolonization: a case for anticolonizing and Indigenizing the curriculum. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 58(2-3), 209-226. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopedu/qhae036

Demi, S. M., Sicchia, S. R., Dei, G. J., Gebremikael, L., & Shaw, T. (2024). Resiliency against food insecurity among the Black population in Scarborough during the COVID-19 pandemic. Agriculture & Food Security, 13(1), 26. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40066-024-00474-4

Dei, G. J. S., Karanja, W., Erger, G., Dei, G. J. S., Karanja, W., & Erger, G. (2022). Land as indigenous epistemology. Elders’ cultural knowledges and the question of Black/African indigeneity in education, 113-126. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-84201-7_5

Dei, G. J. S., & Adhami, A. (2022). Educating for critical race and anti-colonial intersections. In The Palgrave Handbook On Critical Theories Of Education (pp. 81-95). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86343-2_5

Dei, G. J. S. (2022). Commentary on Inter-Epistemic Dialogues with Decolonial Thought from Latin America and the Caribbean. Educational Studies, 58(5–6), 678–683. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2022.2132396

Dei, G. J. S. (2018). “Black like me”: Reframing blackness for decolonial politics. Educational Studies, 54(2), 117-142. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131946.2018.1427586

Dei, G. J. S. & Jajj, M. (2018). Knowledge and Decolonial Politics. Brill. 

Dei, G. J. S., & Dei, G. J. S. (2017). [Re] framing blackness and black solidarities through anti-colonial and decolonial prisms: An introduction (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-53079-6_1

Dei, G. J. S. (2014). Indigenizing the curriculum: The case of the African university. In African indigenous knowledge and the disciplines (pp. 165-180). Brill. https://brill.com/downloadpdf/book/edcoll/9789462097704/BP000014.pdf

Dei, G. J. S. (2009). Teaching Africa: Towards a transgressive pedagogy (Vol. 9). Springer Science & Business Media.

Dei, G. J. S. (2008). Indigenous knowledge studies and the next generation: Pedagogical possibilites for anti-colonial education. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 37(S1), 5-13. 

Dei, G. J. S., & Shahjahan, R. (2008). Equity and democratic education in Ghana: Towards a pedagogy of difference. In Comparative and global pedagogies: Equity, access and democracy in education (pp. 49-69). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-1-4020-8349-5_4?pdf=chapter%20toc


Dei, G. J. S., & Kempf, A. (2006). Looking forward–The pedagogical implications of anti-colonialism. In Anti-colonialism and education (pp. 309-314). Brill.

Dei, G. J.S. (2002). Spiritual knowing and transformative learning. In Expanding the boundaries of transformative learning: Essays on theory and praxis (pp. 121-133). New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-63550-4_10

Dei, G. J. S., & Asgharzadeh, A. (2001). The power of social theory: The anti-colonial discursive framework. The Journal of Educational Thought (JET)/Revue De La Pensée Éducative, 297-323. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23767242

Dei, G. J. S. (2000). Rethinking the role of Indigenous knowledges in the academy. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 4(2), 111–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/136031100284849

Dei, G. J. S. (1999). Knowledge and Politics of Social Change: The implication of anti-racism. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20(3), 395–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425699995335


Secondary Sources

Emeagwali, G., & Dei, G. J. S. (2014). African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. Rotterdam: Sense Publishing.

Asante, M. K., Karenga, M., & Sage Publications. (2006). Handbook of Black studies. Sage Publications. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unimelb/detail.action?docID=997063

Lund, D. E. (1998). Social Justice and Public Education: A Response to George J. Sefa Dei. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue Canadienne de l’éducation, 23(2), 191–199. https://doi.org/10.2307/1585980

Extra Resources

Dr. George Sefa Dei:Teaching African History (February 15, 2022). City of Calgary. YouTube. Accessed November 1, 2024. https://youtu.be/RZjpWeEKpCw

Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Pedagogies: Professor George J. Sefa Dei (December 22, 2021). Uwindsor. YouTube. Accessed November 1, 2024. https://youtu.be/ptKFwBr5Tl8

Dr. George Sefa Dei on Decolonial Perspectives In Teaching About African History In K12 Schools (September 26, 2020). K-16 Education Program African Studies Center. YouTube. Accessed November 1, 2024. https://youtu.be/tPsFIBx_rXg

#1191 - The Interview: Prof. George Dei (August 28, 2020). Raptors Republic. YouTube. Accessed November 1, 2024. https://youtu.be/XGO14UkZgiI

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Citation

“George J. Sefa Dei,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/726.

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