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Title:'The Natives Must First Become Good Workmen': Formal Education Provision in German South West and East Africa Compared
Author:Cohen, CynthiaISNI
Year:1993
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:19
Issue:1
Period:March
Pages:115-134
Language:English
Geographic terms:Namibia
German East Africa
Germany
Subjects:colonialism
colonial policy
indigenous peoples
black education
History and Exploration
Education and Oral Traditions
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636960
Abstract:This article highlights the differences in the educational provision for German South West Africa's indigenous and white settler populations. It compares the limited role played by the colonial government in the education of Africans and 'coloureds' in German South West Africa (present-day Namibia) to its active role in German East Africa. Furthermore, it examines the types of employment available to whites, Africans and 'coloureds' in South West Africa and contrasts these with the formal education provision and job availabilities for Africans in German East Africa. In so doing, it examines why such discrepancies existed. One important reason to emerge is the role played by South West Africa's settler population, who far exceeded the number of settlers in East Africa. The outcome of these different policies was that, by the end of German rule, East Africa boasted a large number of literate Africans while the overwhelming majority of South West Africa's indigenous population remained illiterate. With the onset of South African rule in South West Africa, these policies were to be even further entrenched, resulting in the severe educational disadvantages of the country's majority population which were to persist up to and even beyond independence in 1990. Notes, ref., sum.
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