Handbook of African Educational Theories & Practices

“This monumental piece of work – covering nine thematic sections in thirty-six intellectually heavy weight chapters, mobilising forty-six contributors from sixteen different countries – breaks new ground in its efforts to address the challenge of kutiwa kasumba (brainwashing) that has been Africa’s burden since the colonisation of the continent and since its assimilation of western education ...

Africa happens to be the only region of the world where all the role models to which its children in their formative years are exposed (angels and saints, great achievers, film stars, etc) are of a race that is different from theirs. African children are the only ones in the world whose socialisation begins with acculturation (learning about other worlds in a foreign language), instead of beginning with enculturation (being deeply entrenched into your own world first and foremost).” Pai Obanya International Education Strategist, Professor of Educational Evaluation, University of Ibadan, Past Director, UNESCO-BREDA