African Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. On the Relevance of a Theory of Democratic Citizenship Education for Africa

   • Yusef Waghid

   Pages 1-12

3. Democracy, Citizenship and Religion in Egypt : On the Necessity of Disrupting a Post- Arab Spring

   • Nuraan Davids

   Pages 13-30

4. Rethinking Democratic Citizenship Education in Africa : Towards Moderate Deliberation

   • Joseph Jinja Divala, Rachel Ndinelao Shanyanana

   Pages 31-52

5. Afrophobia in the South African Higher Education System : A Threat to Internalisation and Global Citizenship Initiatives

   • Joseph Pardon Hungwe, Joseph Jinja Divala

   Pages 53-75

6. Nationalism and/or the Annihilation of Democratic Citizenship Education : A Critical Analysis of Zimbabwe ’s Citizenship Education Initiatives

   • Agrippa Chingombe, Joseph Jinja Divala

   Pages 77-101

7. On the [Im]possibility of Democratic Citizenship Education in Kenya : Spheres of Change

   • Jane Adhiambo Chiroma

   Pages 103-132

8. [Re]examining the Role of Technology in Education Through a Deliberative Decision-Making Approach : In the Quest Towards Democratic Education in South African Schools

   • Zayd Waghid, Faiq Waghid

   Pages 133-156

9. The Politics of Schooling: Imagining Critical Democratic Citizenship Education in the Age of Neoliberalism

   • Tracey I. Isaacs

   Pages 157-178

10. Continuing Professional Development of Teachers and Democratic Citizenship Education in Nigeria : A Hopeful Pursuit?

    • Ruth Ayoola, Nuraan Davids

    Pages 179-197

11. Democratic Citizenship Education Revisited in Zimbabwean Higher Education

    • Monica Zembere

    Pages 199-220

12. Coda: Democratic Citizenship Education and the Notion of ‘ Bare Life ’

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid

    Pages 221-230

13. Back Matter

    Pages 231-261

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This edited collection explores how democratic citizenship education manifests across the African continent. A recognition of rights and responsibilities coupled with an emphasis on deliberative engagement among citizens, while not uniquely African, provides ample evidence that the concept can most appropriately be realised in relation to its connectedness with experiences of people living on the continent. Focussing on a diverse collection of voices, the editors and authors examine countries that have an overwhelming allegiance to democratic citizenship education. In doing so, they acknowledge that this concept, enveloped by a certain Africanness, has the potential to manifest in practices across the African continent. By highlighting the success of democratic citizenship education, the diverse and varied contributions from across this vast continent address the malaise in its implementation in countries where autocratic rule prevails. This pioneering volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students working in the fields of education and sociology, particularly those with an interest in education policy, philosophy of education and global citizenship initiatives.

• citizenship education
• democracy in Africa
• democratic citizenship education
• African education systems
• citizenship and religion
• global citizenship initiatives
• Liberal Democratic Citizenship Education

• Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

  Yusef Waghid, Nuraan Davids

Yusef Waghid is distinguished professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has published widely on topics including African philosophy of education and democratic education.
 
Nuraan Davids is associate professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She has published on such topics as leadership in action as well as Tolerance and Dissent within Education (co-authored, with Yusef Waghid, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).

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