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Art education provides perspectives on the more challenging question of education in Nigeria. Nigeria’s development, stability and prosperity are particularly relevant to problems related to Euro-centered educational practices. The colonial British education legacy of curricular and practice models in Nigeria is examined.
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Obiokor, P. (2014). Art Education. In: Emeagwali, G., Dei, G.J.S. (eds) African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines. Anti-Colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-770-4_10
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