The Rise of Education in Africa

Felix Meier zu Selhausen; Johan Fourie; Sarah Ferber

doi:10.18174/590864

The Rise of Education in Africa

Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Johan Fourie, Sarah Ferber

OGKG - Economic and Social History

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Abstract

This chapter discusses how Africans acquired new skills, in the past and in the present. We begin with a short review of the economic benefits of education and then proceed to a discussion of education in Africa today and in the past. We consider the role of Islam, Christ missionaries and colonization, and follow the development of formal education in Africa during the period of independence and conclude with a discussion of the future of education in Africa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The History of African Development
Subtitle of host publication	An Online Textbook for a New Generation of African Students and Teachers
Editors	Ewout Frankema, Ellen Hillbom, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Felix Meier
Place of Publication	Wageningen
Chapter	9
Pages	133-152
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-6447-652-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18174/590864
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Africa
Christian Missionaries
Colonialism
education
Human Capital
Religion

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The Rise of Education in Africa. / Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Fourie, Johan; Ferber, Sarah.
The History of African Development: An Online Textbook for a New Generation of African Students and Teachers. ed. / Ewout Frankema; Ellen Hillbom; Ushehwedu Kufakurinani; Felix Meier . Wageningen, 2023. p. 133-152.

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