Lawrence Meda 1,*, Amanda Swart 2, Nomakhaya Mashiyi 3
1 Lawrence Meda is a Senior Lecturer and Teaching and Learning Coordinator in the Faculty of Education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. His research field is in Curriculum Studies.
2 Amanda Swart is a Senior Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. her research interest is in decolonisation of the curriculum.
3 Nomakhaya Mashiyi is a Senior Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Faculty Language Coordinator. Her research interest is in languages and decolonisation.
*Corresponding author: Lawrence Meda
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