This collection of essays presents discussions that were part of a summer school held in Cape Town, South Africa in 2022. The contributions are on the subject of teaching of transformations and transformations of teaching, which refer to translations of languages, transformation of one's own cultural framework into one that opens up for the mindsets, collective memories, value and belief systems etc. of the Other, and digitalization and decolonization of Higher Education. The book commences with a synopsis and reflection of the discussions held at the summer school. The first group of essays covers presentations on efforts towards digitalization of Higher Education and decolonization of foreign language education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The second part presents contributions on languages and translation, reflecting on the role of African languages in a Euro-lingua-centric world, the role of German as Foreign Language in an African context and the use of translation in bridging the gap between unfamiliar languages and cultures. The third part covers contributions on the cultural practices of memorization and memory transforming literary works.