The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of West Africans who have completed their primary and secondary education in their country of origin, as it relates to westernized colonized curriculum and the affect it had on the West African educational system. Even though there has been limited research done on the subject of decolonization it is imperative to note that Africa still experience the legacy of colonial imperialism in regard to the educational system. Contextual curriculum and contextual learning are goal that are far from being achieved if the influence of western and European post-colonial education curriculum is still being utilized in the African education system. Weaver (2020) argued that continuing to view Africa as dark exposes the westerners lack of knowledge about the continent. It is this lack that has encouraged the propagation and influx of westernized education on the African people. The researcher noted that there must be a counter narrative decolonizing curriculum to the stereotype westerner have about African education and educational system. To answer the qualitative research questions of this study the researcher used the protocol of interview and focus group. The purpose of this study is to provide a description about the interruption by western colonized education and its negative affect on west African education. The significance of this research is to examine the idea of decolonizing curriculum and instruction in education in West Africa. The findings and the evaluation showed that the notion that much of the decolonization of educational curricula that has been going on is based on ill-conceived intentions and evidently led to either failure or related socio-political challenges. The participants observed that the impact of western education on west Africans have created an absence of alliance and allegiance with and to their cultural identity. However, the findings also revealed that as a solution, decolonizing and contextualizing curricula content in west Africa can maximize education in several ways. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]