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Title: | The Language Medium of the School and the Curriculum: The Case of Colonial Nigeria |
Author: | Okonkwo, Chuka E. |
Year: | 1982 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Studies (UCLA) |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | Winter |
Pages: | 194-200 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | educational history English language education colonialism Education and Oral Traditions Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
Abstract: | Colonial education in Africa has been accused of many ills: 'source of disintegration' (M.A. Tanoh), 'preparing Africans for the farced labour system' (Joao Nhaobiu), 'oriented completely to Portugal' (E. Mondlane and W. Minter), 'definitely wrong to apply European schooling to children who will have to live under conditions profoundly different from those in Europe' (B. Malinowski In the light of these observations, this paper examines in detail the curricular content of colonial education in Nigeria, and the role the English language played in realizing the objectives of that education. Notes, tab. |