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Conflict and Harmony in Education in Tropical Africa (Hardcover)
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Conflict and Harmony in Education in Tropical Africa (Hardcover)
Series: Studies on Modern Asia and Africa
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Originally published in 1975, this book was something of a
pioneering study. It examines the three main traditions of African
educational development - indigenous, Islamic and 'Western' - and
the resulting harmonies and conflicts that arise from these
traditions. Its contributors are all specialists writing about
their own particular area of interest covering many countries of
tropical Africa. They include a number of well-known African
scholars as well as some comparatively new names in the field of
African Studies at the time. A feature of the book is the attention
that it gives to the education of women - an aspect of
'nation-building' that had often been rather neglected. This study
is an inter-disciplinary work, calling into contribution History,
Sociology, Anthropology, Law, Linguistics, and Medicine, as well as
Education. It seeks to show how complex the educational situation
is in Africa - and how this complexity needs to be appreciated as a
background to educational planning. Nobody who has read this volume
will be inclined to dismiss educational reform in Africa as 'a
relatively simple matter' - a point of view too frequently implied
by those who have not studied the subject in depth. 'Off with the
old - on with the new' cannot be so easily implemented as critics
within and without the continent sometimes seem to think. More
constructively, however, this volume provides many useful insights
into ways in which social tension may be reduced and harmony
promoted in, and through, education. Although it is likely to be of
most immediate value to those who are concerned with African
education and its administration (especially in teacher-education),
the book constitutes a significant contribution to understanding
problems of 'development'.
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