Identity in metamorphosis : an anthology of writings from Zimbabwe students / Etta Kralovec and Morgan Chitiyo, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kralovec, Etta.

Chitiyo, Morgan.

Series:

Focus on civilizations and cultures.

Focus on civilizations and cultures series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Zimbabwe.

Group identity.

Gender identity--Zimbabwe.

Gender identity.

Collective memory--Zimbabwe.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zimbabwe is a newly independent southern African country having gained political independence from Great Britain almost three decades ago. The country is still going through a process of political, economic and socio-cultural change as it attempts to shed some of its colonial traditions and embrace a new postcolonial African identity. This book captures reflections of students caught up in that process as they struggle with issues central to development. These include how to balance traditional culture with the entrenched European culture in their education system, how to redress the racial imbalances inherited from the colonial past, and the lack of democracy and the role of the schools in the process of social change. The students highlight their hopes and frustrations in trying to preserve their traditional culture and in reconceptualising their own African identity through an education system which has been criticised for creating an Europeanized African elite whose relationship to their indigenous cultural heritage becomes petrified in the very process of that education.

Contents:

One man's history / Fortune Madzime

'Trapped between two cultures' : schools, culture and change / Fortune Madzime

"We want our identity back" : language instruction in the schools / Kundai Moyana

"Poor working conditions equals poor results" : hardships in rural schools / Fortune Madzime

"The girl child is not important according to Shona culture" : gender inequality and the schools / Kundai Moyana

"Not really indigenous" : blacks and whites in Zimbabwe's private schools / Fortune Madzime

"Undemocratic schools create dull people" : democracy and change in education / Kundai Moyana

A dialogue

"Where do we go from here?" : recommendations / Morgan Chitiyo.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-97) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61470-066-4

OCLC:

776163800