Educational and indigenous justice in Africa

Aikman, Sheila (2011) Educational and indigenous justice in Africa. International Journal of Educational Development, 31 (1). pp. 15-22.

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Abstract

This article examines the way in which some of the most discriminated against, disadvantaged and marginalised groups on the African continent, are re-defining education through strategies aimed at recognition of rights and social justice. It uses Fraser's analysis of social justice – distribution, recognition and participation – to examine the demands of the indigenous movement in Africa for rights to education. Over the past 10 years the concept of ‘indigenous’ has become embedded in African regional resolutions and reports while communities self-identifying as indigenous have been shaping new political and educational spaces for their participation and decision making about their development and their education. Taking the example of the East African pastoralists and the Maasai of Ngorongoro District in Tanzania, it looks at indigenous communities’ initiatives to define and achieve a qualitative education which is relevant and meaningful for their lives today. It concludes with a discussion of the potential for the indigenous movement in Africa to ‘reframe’ education for the benefit of not only indigenous communities but for all learners.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2011 11:08
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 02:46
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18803
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.007

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