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Transforming African Higher Education | African Academics | Carnegie Corporation of New York


A landmark collection of essays offers fresh perspectives on decolonizing the curriculumClaudia Frittelli, February 4, 2021
From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies | Oluwaseun Tella and Shireen Motala, eds. | Fanele | 426 pp. | 2020 | ISBN 978-1-4314-2955-4 | More about this book
Carnegie Corporation of New York organized its first staff trip to East and South Africa in 1927, visiting 124 educational institutions in all. Corporation president Frederick Keppel and his team were “continually drawing attention to the pitifully unsuitable textual and illustrative content of the primers and educational posters used little English boys in straw hats, sailing little boats at the seaside.” Keppel was moved to make a $5,000 grant to support the publication of more suitable teaching materials. ....

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