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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Ngugi Wa Thiongo: the African Paulo Freire? |
Author: | Gitau, Ben K. |
Year: | 1982 |
Periodical: | African Journal of Sociology |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 42-43 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | educational policy literature |
About person: | Ngugi wa Thiong'o (1938-) |
Abstract: | This article attests to make a comparative study of the life histories, works and social influence of two prominent but controversial teachers: Paulo Freire, the Brazilian historian-cum-adult teacher, and Ngugi wa Tbiongo, the Kenyan writer, teacher and social critic. Ngugi can to a certain extent be considered an African Paulo Freire - but he has many other 'roles' and 'identities'. Sections: Introductory - Views on what education is and its role to the individual and society - Ngugi, Freire and the natural world - Freire's and Ngugi's phenomenology - Freire, Ngugi and methods of teaching - Freire, Ngugi and intellectuals - Freire, Ngugi and radicalism - Freire. Ngugi and language - Freire, Ngugi and culture - Freire, Ngugi and history - Freire, Ngugi and their aesthetics and ethics - Evaluation: Paulo Freire, Ngugi and their lifestyles - Intellectual accomodation - Applicability and operationality of Freire's and Ngugi's theories and ideas - Transferability and generality of Freire's and Ngugi's system. Ref., sum. (also in French p. 58). |