Dilemmas of culture in African schools :
Coe, Cati.
Dilemmas of culture in African schools : youth, nationalism, and the transformation of knowledge / Cati Coe. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. - ix, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.
"Every nation has its own gifts" : Christianity, schooling, and the construction of tradition -- Drumming and dancing : the state's involvement in tradition -- The location of culture : the politician, the chief, or the teacher? -- Modernity divided : Christianity and the cultural program in the schools -- Folk culture as school knowledge : the contradictions of teaching culture in schools -- "Do you know how to drum?" : youth, knowledge, and the state.
0226111296 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226111318 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005002897
013147008 Uk
Educational anthropology--Ghana.
Education and state--Ghana.
LB45 / .C64 2005
306.43/096
Dilemmas of culture in African schools : youth, nationalism, and the transformation of knowledge / Cati Coe. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. - ix, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.
"Every nation has its own gifts" : Christianity, schooling, and the construction of tradition -- Drumming and dancing : the state's involvement in tradition -- The location of culture : the politician, the chief, or the teacher? -- Modernity divided : Christianity and the cultural program in the schools -- Folk culture as school knowledge : the contradictions of teaching culture in schools -- "Do you know how to drum?" : youth, knowledge, and the state.
0226111296 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226111318 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005002897
013147008 Uk
Educational anthropology--Ghana.
Education and state--Ghana.
LB45 / .C64 2005
306.43/096