Research Made Easy

edited by Christopher Zishiri, Wonder Muchabaiwa and Munyaradzi Mawere

This book offers a critical pathway to decolonizing research space for students and supervisors across academic disciplines. Framed by a multi-disciplinary, anti-Eurocentric perspective, it thoroughly interrogates the decades of Western hegemony that have wrongly framed research as a monolithic, complex, and exclusive academic ritual. Moving beyond justified frustration over the delegitimization of non-Western knowledge, the volume makes an essential contribution by correcting Western-biased misinterpretations of conventional research. Without discarding universal research principles, the book exposes the shortcomings of the Eurocentric view and proposes a novel, modest, and powerful Ubuntu/Unhu-inspired narrative: that research is fundamentally a daily act of problem-solving, rooted in context-specific epistemologies dedicated to human needs. The book’s unique value lies in challenging Western dominance while providing a practical, context- based guide for mentors and mentees in all academic milieus. It serves as an important, timely addition to the contemporary research discourse taking center stage in progressive institutions worldwide, making it apt for practitioners and students in African, Global, Comparative, and multi-disciplinary studies.

£30.00

Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Pages: 216
Year: 2025
Category: African Studies
Dimensions: 229×152 mm
ISBN: 9789956004256
Shipping class: POD

Munyaradzi Mawere

Munyaradzi Mawere is a Professor in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology; a Master’s Degree in Social Anthropology; a second Master’s Degree in Philosophy; a third Master’s Degree in Development Studies; BA (Hons) Degree in Philosophy; Certificate in Tertiary and Higher Learning; Certificate in Information Technology; and a Certificate in Diplomacy, Negotiation and Bargaining. He is an author of more than 50 books and over 200 academic publications straddling the following areas: poverty and development studies, African philosophy, cultural philosophy, democracy, politics of food production, humanitarianism and civil society organisations, urban anthropology, existential anthropology, environmental anthropology, society and politics, religion, decoloniality and African studies.