Education and Independence: Education in South Africa, 1658-1988

by Simphiwe A. Hlatshwayo and Harvey J. Sindima

Public education can be one of the most powerful tools at the disposal of a government wanting to maintain power, as it is the realm in which children are taught the social values and norms that will sustain the culture when they become adults. In South Africa, education was kept separate, unequal, and decidedly undemocratic, and as Hlatshwayo explains, it was used specifically to preserve and perpetuate inequality. In a work designed for historians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313300569
• ISBN13: 9780313300561
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"