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African Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Yusef Waghid

    1. Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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  2. Nuraan Davids

    1. Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Focuses on the plausibility and possibility of democratic citizenship on the African continent
  • Reflects upon diverse enactments of democratic citizenship and education in seven different African countries
  • Adopts an involved yet detached gaze at manifestations of citizenship in Africa

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. On the Relevance of a Theory of Democratic Citizenship Education for Africa

    • Yusef Waghid
    Pages 1-12

  3. Democracy, Citizenship and Religion in Egypt : On the Necessity of Disrupting a Post- Arab Spring

    • Nuraan Davids
    Pages 13-30

  4. Rethinking Democratic Citizenship Education in Africa : Towards Moderate Deliberation

    • Joseph Jinja Divala, Rachel Ndinelao Shanyanana
    Pages 31-52

  5. Afrophobia in the South African Higher Education System : A Threat to Internalisation and Global Citizenship Initiatives

    • Joseph Pardon Hungwe, Joseph Jinja Divala
    Pages 53-75

  6. Nationalism and/or the Annihilation of Democratic Citizenship Education : A Critical Analysis of Zimbabwe ’s Citizenship Education Initiatives

    • Agrippa Chingombe, Joseph Jinja Divala
    Pages 77-101

  7. On the [Im]possibility of Democratic Citizenship Education in Kenya : Spheres of Change

    • Jane Adhiambo Chiroma
    Pages 103-132

  8. [Re]examining the Role of Technology in Education Through a Deliberative Decision-Making Approach : In the Quest Towards Democratic Education in South African Schools

    • Zayd Waghid, Faiq Waghid
    Pages 133-156

  9. The Politics of Schooling: Imagining Critical Democratic Citizenship Education in the Age of Neoliberalism

    • Tracey I. Isaacs
    Pages 157-178

  10. Continuing Professional Development of Teachers and Democratic Citizenship Education in Nigeria : A Hopeful Pursuit?

    • Ruth Ayoola, Nuraan Davids
    Pages 179-197

  11. Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited in Zimbabwean Higher Education

    • Monica Zembere
    Pages 199-220

  12. Coda: Democratic Citizenship Education and the Notion of ‘ Bare Life ’

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 221-230

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 231-261
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About this book

This edited collection explores how democratic citizenship education manifests across the African continent. A recognition of rights and responsibilities coupled with an emphasis on deliberative engagement among citizens, while not uniquely African, provides ample evidence that the concept can most appropriately be realised in relation to its connectedness with experiences of people living on the continent. Focussing on a diverse collection of voices, the editors and authors examine countries that have an overwhelming allegiance to democratic citizenship education. In doing so, they acknowledge that this concept, enveloped by a certain Africanness, has the potential to manifest in practices across the African continent. By highlighting the success of democratic citizenship education, the diverse and varied contributions from across this vast continent address the malaise in its implementation in countries where autocratic rule prevails. This pioneering volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students working in the fields of education and sociology, particularly those with an interest in education policy, philosophy of education and global citizenship initiatives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

    Yusef Waghid, Nuraan Davids

About the editors

Yusef Waghid is distinguished professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has published widely on topics including African philosophy of education and democratic education.
 
Nuraan Davids is associate professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She has published on such topics as leadership in action as well as Tolerance and Dissent within Education (co-authored, with Yusef Waghid, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).



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