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The Victoria Mxenge housing project - Women building communities through social activism and informal learning (Paperback)
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The Victoria Mxenge housing project - Women building communities through social activism and informal learning (Paperback)
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At the beginning of South Africa's democratic change, in 1994, the
Victoria Mxenge Housing Project was founded by a group of 12 women
who lived in shacks on the barren outskirts of Cape Town. These
women had come from rural areas and were poor, vulnerable and
semi-literate. Yet they learned how to build, negotiate with the
government and NGOs, architects and building experts, and form
alliances with homeless social movements locally and
internationally, in India and Brazil. The desolate piece of land
they occupied is now a thriving, sustainable community of more than
5 000 houses. Over a period of 10 years the author tracked the
history of the Victoria Mxenge Housing Association, from its start
as a development organisation to its evolution into a social
movement and then as a service provider. The text weaves together
perspectives on the usefulness as well as limitations of `popular
education', or informal learning. It highlights the value of local
and traditional knowledge, experiential learning, and learning in
an informal context, and illustrates how women relate to and
interact with knowledge. It taps into the growing international
interest in social, or `citizen' learning in the context of the
growth of social movements. This book is a welcome addition to the
literature for adult education students and social activists
throughout the developing world.
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