African Education and Globalization Critical

Containing both theoretical discussions of globalization and specific case analyses of individual African countries, this collection of essays examines the intersections of African education and globalization with multiple analytical and geographical emphases and intentions.

Acknowledgements

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Section One

CHAPTER 1 African Education and Globalization: An Introduction

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Ali A. Abdi, Korbla P. Puplampu and George J. Sefa Dei

CHAPTER 2 Culture of Education, Social Development, and Globalization: Historical and Current analyses of Africa

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Ali A. Abdi

CHAPTER 3 Critical Perspectives on Higher Education and Globalization in Africa

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Korbla P. Puplampu

CHAPTER 4 Indigenous Knowledges and Globalization: An African Perspective

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George J. Sefa Dei and Alireza Asgharzadeh

CHAPTER 5 Higher Education for Africa's Women: Prospects and Challenges

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Philomina E. Okeke

CHAPTER 6 Globalization, Information 'technologies, and Higher Education in Africa: Implications of the Market Agenda

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Wisdom Tettey

Section Two

CHAPTER 7 The Contested Politics of Education in Ethiopia: Leadership Vacuity, Mass/National Alienation, Ethnic Atomization and Resistance

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Mikael Wossen-Taffesse

CHAPTER 8 Economic Restructuring and Education in Ghana

135

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Rose B. Poison

CHAPTER 9 International Financial Institutions and Education in South Africa: A Critical Discussion

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Nkosinathi Mkosi

CHAPTER 10 Swaziland: Towards an Effective Education for Global Citizenship

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Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Joyce M. Djokoto

CHAPTER 11 187 Continuity or Discontinuity in Educational Equity: Contradictions in Structural Adjustment Programs in Zimbabwe

Edward Shizha

List of Contributors

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