The Heartbeat of Indigenous Africa - A Study of the Chagga Educational System

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Series Editors’ Foreword, Foreword, Acknowledgments, List of Maps, Introduction, CHAPTER 1. Indigenous African Worldview on Life and World, CHAPTER 2. Formators and Pedagogical Tools in Indigenous Education, CHAPTER 3. Reverence, Self-Control, and Silence, CHAPTER 4. Courage, Diligence in Work, and Communality, CHAPTER 5. A Reflection on Indigenous Education and on African Europocentric Education, CHAPTER 6. Reclaiming the Foundations of a Humanizing and Civilizing Educational System, Epilogue, Glossary, Bibliography, Index

About the author

R. Sambuli Mosha

Summary

Empowered by findings and insights from the wit and wisdom of the indigenous Chaga educational system, Dr. Mosha contends that an authentic educational program in Tanzania and elsewhere should be holistic in its quest to educate.

Product details

• Authors: R. Sambuli Mosha
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1999
• EAN: 9780815334644
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3464-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Indigenous Knowledge and Schooling
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Tanzania, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Philosophy & theory of education, Social and cultural anthropology, Philosophy and theory of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies