Owners of Learning The Nyae Nyae Village Schools over Twenty-Five Years / Jennifer Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hays, Jennifer, author.

Series:

Basel Namibia studies series ; 16.

Basel Namibia studies series ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Native language and education--Namibia--Nyae Nyae.

Native language and education.

!Kung (African people)--Education--Namibia--Nyae Nyae.

!Kung (African people).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju'hoansi community in the early 1990s. Drawing upon their traditional knowledge transmission strategies, and initiated in a supportive political environment, the project exemplified 'best practice.' During the following two decades, the Village Schools have transitioned from a donor-supported 'project' to government schools, and have received much attention and support from donors, civil society organisations, researchers, and others.However, the students still do not seem to succeed in the mainstream schools. Why is this? Based on long-term field-work in the region, including interviews with Nyae Nyae residents over several years and work with involved organisations, the book addresses this question. Contextualising the Village Schools within post-Independence Namibia, southern African history and the global indigenous rights movement, it examines the enormous paradoxes that schooling presents for the Nyae Nyae community. 'Owners of Learning' is the English translation of the Ju'hoansi word for 'teacher' and it serves to highlight a fundamental question - to whom does education belong?"

Contents:

Foreword / by Willemien le Roux

Introduction

1. Background : a journey to Nyae Nyae

2. The Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi

3. Like they are in jail : global and local contexts of San education

4. The kids' decision : socialization and education

5. We can start under the trees : the village schools over 25 years

6. The Ju/'hoansi language as a medium of instruction

7. Nharokxao : the teachers

8.. Logistics : transportation, accommodation and food

9. Every year there are problems : transition to the government schools

10. Community consultation and participation

Afterword.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783905758825

3905758822

OCLC:

951076171