Women Teaching Women: The Impact of Gender and Religion on Training Teachers in Colonial Africa

Finnish women missionaries have made a major contribution to the training of women teachers in Ovamboland, the northern part of present Namibia. In this paper I examine how African women teachers perceive the impact of Finnish teachers on their career development and their role in society. Data was...

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Main Author: Helander, Eila (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2006
In: Temenos
Year: 2006, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-78
Further subjects:B African Women
B nation building
B Missionaries
B Education
B Namibia
B Ovambo
B Gender
B Teacher Training
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