African Quest and Struggle for High Schools in Colonial Kenya
The Case of the Abortive Kiambu Local Native Council Central High School at Githunguri, 1926-34
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2307972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evanson N Wamagatta (Biola University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 345-362 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021909608089258 |
| OpenAlex | W2043538320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
By 1925, 30 years after Kenya became a British colony, there were no high schools for Africans in the colony. In 1926, the Africans decided to build their own high schools through their Local Native Councils (LNCs) but the Government refused to sanction the building of the schools and this led to a protracted struggle. The Kiambu LNC's abortive high school at Githunguri is used as a case study to examine not only why the Government vetoed the building of the schools, but also to show how this greatly undermined the expansion of African higher education in subsequent years
African culture · African studies · Colonialism · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Kenya · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |