African Universities and the African Heritage
Abstract
This article deals with the role of the universities in Africa. What are the challenges for educators who want to root African education in African traditions? After a brief look at pre- colonial and colonial education the article goes on to describe the situation after independence and especially the effects on higher education of a concentration of resources on basic education. To what extent do the link arrangements built up between universities in the North and the South perpetuate a colonial situation? What can be done to restore the dignity and heritage of the African people through university training? Examples are mostly taken from Tanzania, the country in Africa the author knows best.
- Publication:
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International Review of Education
- Pub Date:
- January 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1023/A:1003577905270
- Bibcode:
- 1999IREdu..45...87B