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The Chaga are a Bantu-speaking people of Tanzania. This account of their traditional education begins with an historical survey of existing literature on the subject in English, French and German. It then goes on to describe the informal education of the Chaga child in the family; the self-educative process in play group and age class; the formal training received during the rites leading up to circumcision, initiation, and the preparation for marriage; and the changes in relationship between parents and children as they grow older, from the infant stage of biological dependence to the point at which the child fills the place occupied by the parent through descent, inheritance and succession. The final part of the book offers conclusions regarding education policy, teaching methods and school organization in tropical Africa.

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