An important issue confronting newly emerging nations in Africa is the development of a new curriculum to reflect the changing norms and views of the past. Looking at nations that share a common British educational tradition, a study done in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe asked which topics and categories of cultural knowledge were essential…

Higher education has often been targeted for criticism with regard to its lack of relevance when seeking to address the harsh realities of poor health, poverty and conflict in African countries. African universities have been seen as producing Western-influenced graduates who become an elite out of touch with their own indigenous worldview. In…