Overview
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.
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Author: Magnus O. Bassey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.369kg
ISBN: 9780897896221
ISBN 10: 089789622
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 30 October 1999
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
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
Reviews
?The book provides a valiant attempt at connecting the language of critical pedagogy with an understanding of social inequality and political domination in contemporary Africa. It is an original attempt to identify socialization and cultural aspects of schooling with politicization and creation of power in Africa.?-Comparative Education Review
The book provides a valiant attempt at connecting the language of critical pedagogy with an understanding of social inequality and political domination in contemporary Africa. It is an original attempt to identify socialization and cultural aspects of schooling with politicization and creation of power in Africa. -Comparative Education Review ?The book provides a valiant attempt at connecting the language of critical pedagogy with an understanding of social inequality and political domination in contemporary Africa. It is an original attempt to identify socialization and cultural aspects of schooling with politicization and creation of power in Africa.?-Comparative Education Review
Author Information
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.
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