TEACHING AFRICAN POLITICS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
In: Teaching political science, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 389-406
ISSN: 0092-2013
AUTHOR DISCUSSES THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE TEACHER OF AFRICAN POLITICS: THE SIZE AND VARIETY OF THE CONTINENT; THE LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTS OF PEDAGOGY; AND THE QUESTION OF ETHICS. THE WESTERN AND EASTERN PERSPECTIVES WHICH ARE OVERLAYED ONTO A UNIQUE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE OF POLITICS ARE OUTLINED; AND FOUR MAIN APPROACHES TO TEACHING AFRICAN POLITICS ARE DISCUSSED.