Although colonialism has officially been terminated, it
continues to affect populations whose recent history has been
shaped by European institutions, economic policies, and cultural
biases. Focusing on British educational policy in colonial
Zimbabwe, this historical study offers a unique perspective on the
subject. It provides a detailed examination of a British
educational program for Africans established in the 1930s, the
purposes it was intended to serve, and its long-term
consequences.
A policy of practical training and tribal conditioning was
designed and implemented by George Stark, Director of Native
Education in colonial Zimbabwe from 1934 to 1954. Expressing the
philosophy and goals of both Stark and the British colonial
government, its stated purposes were to develop a vast pool of
cheap unskilled manual labor and to confine the African population
to tribal settings. Dickson Mungazi discusses the policy as at once
a reflection of traditional Victorian socio-cultural attitudes and
the means to maintain a colonial status quo that allowed the
profitable exploitation of the colony's material and human
resources. The author examines the consequent educational and
economic disabilities suffered by the African population and the
impact of their long exclusion from an effective role in the
affairs of their country. This study is based on research utilizing
extensive original materials from the period, including reports and
official colonial government documents. It will be of interest in
the areas of African history, colonialism, British social and
political history, and the history of education.
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