ISBN:
9781137438492
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (263 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Falola, T Education, Creativity, and Economic Empowerment in Africa
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Education_xPhilosophy
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Education_xPhilosophy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
On the African continent, education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty and empowerment. Much of the scholarly education literature tends to confine its focus to methodology and content in the classroom, and while it may include issues related to arts curricula, it has largely ignored their social role in economic empowerment. At the same time, even social-scientific studies of the arts have overwhelmingly emphasized critique, heritage preservation, and cultural appreciation. As such, issues relating to arts and
Abstract:
Cover -- Education, Creativity, and Economic Empowerment in Africa -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Section I Education as Empowerment:Enforcing Rights and Building Community -- Chapter 1 Advancing the Anti-Poverty Crusade Through the Enforcement of the Fundamental Right to Education Under Nigerian Law -- Introduction -- Education and Its Implications for National Development -- Fundamental Rights in Nigeria -- The Binding Nature of Treaties -- Imperatives of Enforcement of Right to Education as Panacea to Poverty
Abstract:
Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Socio-Economic Inequalityand Progress toward Achieving Education for All by 2015 in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Socio-Economic Dimension of Inequality in Nigeria -- Socio-Economic Inequality and Basic Education -- Cash Transfers and Basic Education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Women and Poverty Eradication Efforts in Uganda: Why is Ending Gendered Poverty Still Far-Fetched? -- Introduction -- Background -- Women in Uganda -- The Existence of Gendered Poverty in Uganda
Abstract:
Government Efforts Aimed at Tackling Gendered Poverty in Uganda -- The FAL Program -- The PEAP, PAF, and PRSPs in Uganda -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Empowering the Poor in Nigeriathrough Adult and Community Education: Implications for Education Policy Reform -- Introduction -- Poverty in Nigeria -- Empowerment -- Adult and Community Education -- Non-Formal Adult and Community Education in Nigeria: Policy Issues and Challenges -- Implications for Policy Reform and Recommendations -- Notes -- Bibliography
Abstract:
Chapter 5 Combating the Scourge of Poverty in Nigeria Through Rural Community Education:Challenges and Prospects -- Introduction -- Poverty in Nigeria -- Concept of Rurality -- Literacy Profile of Rural Communities in Nigeria -- The Meaning of Community Education -- Nature of Non-Formal Community Education -- Challenges Facing Community Education as a Poverty Eradication Tool -- Prospects of Community Education in Poverty Eradication -- Measures to Promote Community Education for Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography
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Section II Messages of Empowerment In Languages and Literature -- Chapter 6 Poverty, Endangered Languages, and Creoles: Two Case Studiesfrom Southern Africa and the Greater Caribbean -- Introduction: Language and Poverty -- The San of Southern Africa -- Afro-Costa Ricans in the Greater Caribbean -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Poverty Eradication for Sustainable Growth in Africa: Insights from Ben Okri's in ArcAdIA -- Introduction -- An Exploratory Study of Ben Okri's In Arcadia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography
Abstract:
Chapter 8 Between the Sublime and the Subliminal: Economic Modernity, Desire, and Political Fictions in Cameroon
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