Introduction

Re-thinking Education in Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa – Post-Millennium Development Goals
  • Ngoni Makuvaza
  • Edward Shizha

Abstract

The major concern of this book, as the title indicates, is re-thinking as opposed to merely rethinking over education in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Such re-thinking is premised on the realisation and acknowledgement that education is and has always been considered critical in shaping the lives as well as developmental agendas of people in Africa and beyond.

Keywords

Indigenous Language Sustainable Development Goal Political Independence Global Village High Education Reform 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ngoni Makuvaza
    • 1
  • Edward Shizha
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Educational FoundationsUniversity of ZimbabweSouth Africa
  2. 2.Society, Culture and EnvironmentWilfrid Laurier UniversityCanada

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