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Rurality, Social Justice and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Volume I

Theory and Practice in Schools

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Editors:
  1. Alfred Masinire

    1. Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  2. Amasa P. Ndofirepi

    1. Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa

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  • Uses a social justice lens to explore rurality and education in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Unites contributors from a range of contexts in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Reflects the need to shift conceptions of rurality and education

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Rurality and Social Justice in Africa: Encoding Key Debates

    • Alfred Masinire, Amasa P. Ndofirepi
    Pages 1-24

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 261-264
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About this book

This book explores rurality and education in sub-Saharan Africa through a lens of social justice. The first in a two-volume project, this book explores the possibilities and constraints of rural social justice in diverse educational contexts: how should rurality be defined? How does education shape and reshape what it means to be rural? Drawing chapters from a diverse range of contributors in sub-Saharan Africa, the two volumes are underpinned by a robust social justice approach to rural schooling and its intersections with access, gender, colonialism, social mobility and dis/ability. Ultimately, these volumes reflect the need to shift conceptions of rurality from colonial and conservative stereotypes to an appreciation of rurality as locations in space and time, with their own unique attributes and opportunities. Harnessing indigenous African concepts of justice to open up conversations into teaching and knowledge production in higher education, this book will be of interest to scholars of rurality and education, as well as wider discussions on decolonising the academy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Alfred Masinire

  • Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa

    Amasa P. Ndofirepi

About the editors

Alfred Masinire is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses on rural education, as well as gender and teacher development in rural schools. At the core of his work, he maintains a strong commitment to rurality and social justice.



Amasa P. Ndofirepi is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Sol Plaatje University, South Africa. His research focuses on social justice and epistemologies in African higher education, critical thinking, African philosophy of education and Philosophy for Children.

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