Adapting Some Aspects of African Culture in Schools

In the interwar period in Kenya and Tanganyika, some thought and practice in education were directed towards the need for introducing some aspects of African culture in schools. In this article, an attempt is made to discuss how effectively indigenous education transmitted African culture and how Christian missionaries were instrumental in destroying native culture in the two countries. A description of experiments aimed at reviving African traditions, and people's reactions to them, is also given

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