What did you study? Why did you study it? How did you study it? What level did you attain? Of what importance has your knowledge been to your society? These apparently innocent questions should bedevil the existence of any conscious African leader, sage or visionary. For the last 50 years, education has become central to the social and economic life of most modern African societies and there has been a rapid rise in the number of educational institutions churning out thousands of graduates annually. In spite of these ingredients of progress, African societies are not experiencing growth as...