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“Leina Lebe ke Seromo” (You are What Your Name Attracts): An African Calling Perspective on Research Epistemologies
Abstract
‘Leina lebe ke seromo' is an African maxim that means that the meaning of a name tends to follow, or attract, the one who carries that name. If you are given a bad name, the description of the name attracts what the name means. ‘Seromo' can be interpreted as a calling; therefore, the name calls one to go and do that which is inherent within the meaning of the name. This chapter examines the names, terms, and concepts ‘Black' or ‘African' which have been regarded as ‘bad' and dismembering because the concepts have a history of marginalisation. The chapter positions the African maxim ‘leina lebe ke seromo' as a lens of African consciousness that illuminates the concepts of an (1) African university and (2) the indigenisation of disciplines. It discusses methodological approaches that call for the recognition of indigenous perspectives because research in mixed methods enhances Western research paradigms.
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