Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools: Youth, Nationalism, and the Transformation of Knowledge

by Cati Coe

Book Overview

In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, the most meaningful and fascinating of which has been the state's effort to create a national culture through its schools. As Cati Coe reveals in Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools, this effort has created an unusual paradox: while Ghana encourages its educators to teach about local cultural traditions, those traditions are transformed as they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226111318
• ISBN13: 9780226111315
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"