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What is ailing Africa? : practical philosophy in reinventing Africa / by Stephen Onyango Ouma.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Onyango Ouma, Stephen, author.
Contributor:
E.J. Brill (Firm)
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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