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Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa

Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa

Paperback

Series: African Potentials, Book 6

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesIndigenous Studies

ISBN10: 995655121X
ISBN13: 9789956551217
Publisher: Langaa RPCID
Published: Apr 13 2021
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In searching for the potential that lies in African societies, the chapters of this volume consider relationships between knowledge, education and social structure from multiple angles, from a macro-continental scale to national education systems, schools and local communities. The themes that cut across the chapters include education as a mode of transmitting values, the contrasting effects of school credentials and knowledge for use, politics and interactions among people surrounding a school and knowledge acquisition as a subjective process. The rich empirical analyses suggest that the subjective commitment of, and mutuality among, people will make the acquired knowledge a powerful 'tool for conviviality' to realize a stable life, even given the turmoil created by rapid institutional and environmental changes that confront African societies.

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