On the hegemony of literature from the global north: a meta-study of literature cited in Indilinga (2008-2017)

In this article we problematize the hegemony of literature used from the global north in the light of rising debates about decolonisation, the decline of the nation state and forms of cognitive colonisation.  Knowledge is foregrounded as the article focuses on academic publishing and curriculum.  The paper seeks to explore the extent to which articles published in Indilinga referenced (South) African scholars’ indigenous knowledge in their published works.  The article goes on to provide some explanation on why there is still a dominant reliance on the global north for their scholarship.   A realist interpretivist meta-study design was employed. A sample of 246 articles published in Indilinga between 2008 and 2017 were selected. The reference lists of these articles were analysed to determine the ratio between South African, African[1] and international[2] authors cited. The institutional affiliation of the authors were also determined. Keywords that predominantly featured and aligned with the title of the journal, were also analysed. It was clear that authors from the global north were most frequently cited in Indilinga.   [1] African in this context refers African countries outside of South Africa. [2] International in this context refers to geographical locations outside of the continent of Africa