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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Section One
CHAPTER 1 African Education and Globalization: An Introduction
1(12)
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
13(18)
Ali A. Abdi
CHAPTER 3 Critical Perspectives on Higher Education and Globalization in Africa
31(22)
Korbla P. Puplampu
CHAPTER 4 Indigenous Knowledges and Globalization: An African Perspective
53(26)
George J. Sefa Dei and Alireza Asgharzadeh
CHAPTER 5 Higher Education for Africa's Women: Prospects and Challenges
79(14)
Philomina E. Okeke
CHAPTER 6 Globalization, Information 'technologies, and Higher Education in Africa: Implications of the Market Agenda
93(24)
Wisdom Tettey
Section Two
CHAPTER 7 The Contested Politics of Education in Ethiopia: Leadership Vacuity, Mass/National Alienation, Ethnic Atomization and Resistance
117(18)
Mikael Wossen-Taffesse
CHAPTER 8 Economic Restructuring and Education in Ghana
135(16)
Rose B. Poison
CHAPTER 9 International Financial Institutions and Education in South Africa: A Critical Discussion
151(14)
Nkosinathi Mkosi
CHAPTER 10 Swaziland: Towards an Effective Education for Global Citizenship
165(48)
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 213

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