'WHO OWNS THE SCHOOLS WILL OWN AFRICA' CHRISTIAN MISSION, EDUCATION AND CULTURE IN AFRICA

Christian mission schools played a very important role in education in Africa. Of special importance was the intercultural dynamic at work. In traditional African culture, education and life concurred. Western education was characterised by the Enlightenment and the subject/object dichotomy. As West...

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Auteur principal: Saayman, Willem A. 1942-2015 (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: ASRSA 1991
Dans: Journal for the study of religion
Année: 1991, Volume: 4, Numéro: 2, Pages: 29-44
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Résumé:Christian mission schools played a very important role in education in Africa. Of special importance was the intercultural dynamic at work. In traditional African culture, education and life concurred. Western education was characterised by the Enlightenment and the subject/object dichotomy. As Western civilisation was for most missionaries so obviously superior to African civilisation, they introduced the Western school system without giving much thought to intercultural implications. This resulted in a clash between African and Western concepts of education. This was one of the causes of the upheaval in Black education in South Africa, which ultimately led to the call for 'people's education'.
ISSN:2413-3027
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion