Basel Mission Education in Cameroon : 1886-1968 / Mathew B. Gwanfogbe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gwanfogbe, Mathew B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--Educational work.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Denver, CO : Spears Books, An Imprint of Spears Media Press LLC, [2020]

Summary:

This volume examines the relationships between the German colonial administration, the Basel Mission, the British Baptist Missionary Society and other missionary societies that characterized the setting up of Basel Mission education in Cameroon against the backdrop of intense rivalry. Spanning a period of 82 years, the book meticulously documents the kick off, expansion and elaboration of the Basel Mission's efforts to institutionalise education as well as its objectives and operational modalities. Basel Mission Education in Cameroon deepens our understanding of European imperialism and its legacy in postcolonial societies. Policy makers and educationists in Cameroon and Africa at large will find this volume very instructive as they forge educational systems that serve the needs of current and future generations of Africans.

Contents:

Front cover

Spears Studies in African and African Diaspora History

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Post-WW1 Missionary Resumption

1 Basel Mission Education Under German Colonial Administration

BM Background and Choice

BM and Colonial Collaboration

BM and the British Baptist Missionary Society

2 Setting up Basel Mission Education in Cameroon

Problems of Expansion

BM Educational Objectives

Organization of BM Schools

Four School Types

BM Education Problems and Reform Attempts

Rival Missionary Societies

Internal Hurdles of BM Education Reforms

Bohner and the BM Education Goal

Training Centres

3 Basel Mission Education and The German Regime

Exploitation

BM Education and Other Missionary Societies

BM Educational Achievements under the GermanAdministration

4 Cameroonian Responses to Basel Mission Education under the German Regime

5 Basel Mission Education under British and Postcolonial Regimes: 1916-1966

WWI and the Non-Missionary Period - 1914-1925

The Mandate

After World War I

Trusteeship to Postcolonial Period

Teacher Training

Female Education

Secondary Education

Vocational/Technical Education

The Handing-Over

6 Cameroonian Reactions to Basel Mission Education During the British Regimes

7 Basel Mission Education to PCC

Stage One

Stage Two

Stage Three

Preparation of Cameroonian Church Leaders

Handing-over of Schools

Conclusion

Afterword

Appendix

References

A. Books

B. Articles

Reports

E. Archival Materials

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781942876694

1942876696