Decolonization of knowledge (also epistemic or epistemological decolonization) is primarily an intellectual project[1] that challenges the hegemonic Western knowledge system with its claim of universality.[2] The project seeks to legitimize other knowledge systems and establish justice for hitherto disregarded epistemologies.[2] These debates originated in the west with the counter culture, prominent in universities in the 1970s, which supported similar debates in Africa, Latin America, and elsewhere.[3] Because of this project modern academic scholarship tends to give more weight to indigenous belief systems, as well as identities around race, gender, and sexuality.