Many bodies of work regarding the state of Africa in the present time are concerning whether the history of European colonialism in Africa was positive or negative. Some scholars like trace the relationship between the history of colonialism in Africa and that history has affected the current economic climate in many African countries. Other works simply explore and analyze economic development in Africa without offering up alternative routes of action outside of the examples set by the global west. Not only is it important to present a holistic view of the trajectory of African countries to, therefore, attempt to explain the reasons for their political and economic state, it is equally, if not more important, to conceptualize possible paths to change and progress for these countries. I ask, how have external factors, like colonialism, affected internal mechanisms, specifically the path that country leaders have chosen towards development? Have they chosen human-centered approaches? If not, why not? What are the possibilities for incorporating this alternative path? Additionally, I examine the role of education in a human-centered approach to development.
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Citation
Adegboyega, Patience,
"Freedom and Education: A Critique of Development in Ghana and Nigeria"
(2020).
Africana Studies Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/ej57-3n98