Imperialism, Academe and Nationalism : Britain and University Education for Africans 1860-1960

ISBN-13: 9780714646688 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 266 str.

Apollos O. Nwauwa

Opis

Of all the aspects of British cultural imperialism the one which Africans found most seductive was formal western education. They were quick to realize that university education opened up prospects for economic advancement and would ultimately provide the keys to political power and self-government. Using a wide range of papers from the British Colonial Office and colonial governments in Africa, the archives of several libraries and the writings of African nationalists, Dr Nwauwa examines the surprisingly long history of the demand for the establishment of universities in Colonial Africa, a demand to which the authorities finally agreed after World War II.

Spis treści

This book is compelling, brilliantly written and immensely scholarly, a remarkable account... Bunmi Akpata-Ohehe, West Africa



"...a scholarly and welcome addition to the history of British colonial education." History of Education Review



The International History Review - AHM Kirk-Greene

"..a welcome contribution to the amplitude of studies on this or that aspect of higher education in anglophone tropical Africa -"



Commonwealth and Comparative Studies

"His discussion of the role of this lobby offers interesting new insights into the history of colonial reform in Africa."



"This is an important publication on a topical subject ... It is a story told in a refreshing way in an agreeable and satisfying style" - Michael Omolewa, "Paedagogica Historica"



Imperial and Commonwealth History Vol 26, No 1, 1997

"A thoughtful and soudly-based account.

O autorze

Apollos O. Nwauwa