New Directions in African Education
Challenges and Possibilities
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2007
- Category
- General, Developing Countries, Public Affairs & Administration
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552382127
- Publish Date
- Dec 2007
- List Price
- $39.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552384169
- Publish Date
- Dec 2007
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
It has been said that education in post-colonial Africa is in a state of crisis. Policies and practices from Eurocentric colonial regimes have carried over, intertwining with challenges inherent in the new political and economic climate. Leaders have done little to remedy the malfunctioning education system, and even where attempts have been made, they have overwhelmingly been shaped by commercial and capitalist interests.
In New Directions in African Education, Nombuso Dlamini has gathered essays from continental African scholars who, before pursuing graduate studies in North America, had first-hand experience with the education system in post-colonial Africa. Their cross-cultural perspective has provided a unique opportunity to critically examine education in the African context and to present possible courses of action to reinvent its future. These authors are in search of a new model for African education—a model that embraces indigenous knowledge, helps cultivate a greater sense of pride in people of African descent, and, most importantly, serves local needs.
About the authors
S. Nombuso Dlamini is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education and holds the position of Research Leadership Chair at the University of Windsor. Her research encompasses youth, identities studies, postcolonial cultures, and critical race matters. She is the author of Youth and Identity Politics 1990-1994.
S. Nombuso Dlamini's profile page
S. Nombuso Dlamini is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education and holds the position of Research Leadership Chair at the University of Windsor. Her research encompasses youth, identities studies, postcolonial cultures, and critical race matters. She is the author of Youth and Identity Politics 1990-1994.
Jacinta K. Muteshi's profile page
Grace Khwaya Puja's profile page
Zephania Matanga's profile page
Eva Aboagye is a program manager in Research and Innovation at George Brown College.
George J. Sefa Dei is Professor of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
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