Research Catalog

Title

Sankofa : African thought and education / Elleni Tedla.

Author

Tedla, Elleni, 1951-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, ©1995.

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Details

Description

xiv, 236 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• To prevent the alienation and crisis facing African youth, this book urges the building of a new form of African education that is firmly founded on all that is positive in indigenous thought and education. It also examines the impact of the concepts that underlie indigenous and Westernized education. As an in-depth illustration of African thought and education, traditional Amara (Ethiopian) thought and education is discussed in two chapters.
• The book underscores the need to understand Africans on their own terms within the context of their culture, and the necessity to be judicious in importing foreign ideas and institutions to Africa. Otherwise, the cultural and spiritual fabric of African way of life will be torn beyond repair. This book has great implications for African and African American education.

Series Statement

Studies in African and African-American culture ; vol. 11

Uniform Title

Studies in African and African-American culture ; vol. 11.

Subject

• Education > Africa > Philosophy
• Philosophy, African
• Civilization > Western influences
• Education > Philosophy
• Philosophy, African
• Erziehung
• Erziehungsphilosophie
• Inkulturation
• Traditionelle Erziehung
• Onderwijs
• Africa > Civilization > Western influences
• Africa
• Afrika
• Westliche Welt

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and index.

Contents

1. Indigenous African Thought -- 2. Amara Thought -- 3. Western Thought -- 4. Indigenous African Education -- 5. Traditional Amara Education -- 6. Modern African Education -- 7. Sankofan Education.

ISBN

• 0820425265
• 9780820425269

LCCN

94019876

OCLC

• ocm30593716
• 30593716
• SCSB-8898506

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library