The article examines different ideas about how to make African higher education more inclusive and representative. It looks at four main ways people think about decolonization: making education more African, focusing on indigenous knowledge, addressing racial issues, and promoting the concept of Ubuntu. The article argues that sticking too closely to these ideas can actually make it harder to achieve the goal of decolonizing education in Africa. In the end, the article suggests that while decolonization is important, it's crucial to be careful not to distort these paradigms in the process.