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What is ailing Africa? : practical philosophy in reinventing Africa / by Stephen Onyango Ouma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Onyango Ouma, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- Africana philosophy ; v. 2.
- Africana philosophy ; volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social constructionism--Africa.
- Social constructionism.
- Africa--Civilization--21st century.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 244 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
- Contents:
- An overview of the invention
- The social construct : how it started
- Social construct defined
- The Western social construct discourses
- The objectives of Western social construct
- The roots of racial discourses
- The impact of western social construct : the root cause of cultural intoxication in Africa
- Decolonizing the Western construct
- Decolonization attempts and its failure in Africa
- What should we do? The desire for antithesis discourses
- Education : self-autonomy
- History and time
- Autonomy and freedom
- Literature in colonial Africa
- Africanizing the colonial education systems : the missing link
- The traditional African education systems : a philosophical reflection
- The role of traditional African approaches of education in the modern world
- African indigenous education : a lived education
- African indigenous educational system : a holistic system
- African traditional education and development : education in an African context
- Prospect of integrating aiks into the teaching of sciences in Africa
- An African understanding of education
- Miseducation : objectives and results
- The African paradox
- Is Africa on the move?
- A cultural view on African development
- The African double consciousness
- Inventing a 'construct' : rehabilitating the African identity
- Need for a healthy inter-continental cooperation
- Changing trends
- Africa rising.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Onyango Ouma, Stephen. What is ailing Africa?
- ISBN:
- 9789004697652
- 9004697659
- Publisher Number:
- 40032601191
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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