Magnus O. Bassey

Western Education and Political Domination in Africa (eBook, PDF)

A Study in Critical and Dialogical Pedagogy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The contribution of Western education to the creation of an African-educated elite is well documented. What is not equally well documented is the fact that African-educated elites have used their education and the schools to perpetuate their dominance by denying the poor the knowledge necessary to protect their political and economic rights and to advance in society. On the other hand, educated elites in Africa make opportunities available to their own members through selective ordering, legitimization of certain language forms and learning processes in schools, and legitimization of elite codes and experiences to the exclusion of the histories, experiences, and worldviews of the poor. This book highlights the processes by which the poor in Africa have been disenfranchised and marginalized through schools' ascriptive mechanisms, and explains why African economic development is very slow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313003790
• Artikelnr.: 68528440

Autorenporträt

MAGNUS O. BASSEY is Assistant Professor in the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services at Queens College, The City University of New York. Bassey has published several academic articles. His forthcoming book, Missionary Rivalry and Educational Expansion in Nigeria, 1885-1945, will be published in 1999. Bassey also taught in the New York City Public Schools and at SUNY-Oneonta.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Traditional African Education Christian Missionary Education in Africa Western Education and the Rise of Educated Elites in Africa Western Education and Political Socialization in Africa Educated Elites and Political Domination in Africa: The Cases of Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Guinea
The Ivory Coast
Liberia
Libya
and Uganda Schools in Africa as Sites of Cultural and Structural Inequalities
Disempowerment
Sexism
Domination and Hegemony Education in the Service of Apartheid in South Africa
1802-1993 Education of Most Worth for Africa in the Twenty-First Century Bibliography Index