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Re-Visioning Education in Africa

Ubuntu-Inspired Education for Humanity

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encourages fresh ways of thinking about education in Africa

  • Includes perspectives from a diverse and distinguished group of scholars

  • Puts forth policy questions aiming to have an impact on national, regional, and continental governments

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction: Re-visioning Education in Africa—Ubuntu-Inspired Education for Humanity

    • Emefa J. Takyi-Amoako, N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba
    Pages 1-17
  3. On the Educational Potential of Ubuntu

    • Yusef Waghid
    Pages 55-65
  4. Conceptualizing Gender and Education in Africa from an Ubuntu Frame

    • N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba
    Pages 67-84
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 247-257

About this book

This book presents the case for a conceptual and pragmatic revolution of Africa’s formal educational systems. Using the context of Ubuntu-inspired education, the authors explore innovative ways to tackle the challenges faced by governments from the local and national level and beyond. Along the way, the editors and their contributors examine important policy questions to encourage fresh thinking on ways to improve the educational system and, in turn, to buoy the development of the region as a whole. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oxford ATP, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Emefa J. Takyi-Amoako

  • Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba

About the editors

Emefa J. Takyi-Amoako is Executive Director and International Education and Education, Gender and Research Consultant at Oxford ATP.

N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba is Professor of African, African Diaspora and Comparative/International Education at Cornell University, USA.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Re-Visioning Education in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Ubuntu-Inspired Education for Humanity

  • Editors: Emefa J. Takyi-Amoako, N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70043-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70042-7Published: 06 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88881-1Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70043-4Published: 26 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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