This is a working bibliography on published materials on black studies programs in the United States. It includes books, pamphlets, articles, dissertations, general reference works, and current black periodicals. It also includes a listing of United States libraries with major black history book collections. (Author/AM)

In order for adult education to be successfully applied in other countries, it is important that an understanding of the people's traditional background and educational attitudes is acquired. A continuing educator must also be a continuing learner. In Africa, education is considered a continuing or recurrent process throughout life serving to…

In response to requests for more relevance in content and methods for Inner City region, Oakland University and various public school systems have established an emphasis on teaching about Africa in the elementary school. Mutual cooperation has enabled curriculum to be altered, and introduced, and has established a positive climate for enabling…

Discusses the potential importance of indigenous innovation in developing countries and its possibilities for encouraging local economic advancement. Examples are presented to show how local innovations in some African countries such as Kenya and Nairobi can improve the macro-economy of the nation. (HM)

The role of education in promoting national integration or in assessing ethnocentric feelings among educated people is discussed. Previous studies are cited to illustrate the problems among ethnic groups and the educational history of Nigeria. Proposals for curricula reform to enhance cultural unity are discussed. (LBH)

A total of 240 students read transcripts of a case against a student who stole his examination, in violation of a specific Nigerian government decree directed at students, and then rated the person on several items. Results showed that girls violated the decree from anxiety over failure; boys, from anxiety over failure and motivation to achieve.…

Describes African educational problems in colonial and post colonial periods, with emphasis on Senegal. Examples of inter-African cooperation are given, details of the Senegalese post colonial educational effort are presented, and the problem of national languages and education is discussed. (Author/DB)

Discusses the ways in which Ishmael Reed uses black American folklore, black American language, traditional African religion, and African myths as poetic materials from which he develops artistic forms. (GW)

Storytelling is a common African tradition, and although it has many varieties, two pervasive themes are harmony with nature and concord in a cultural setting. These themes take form in stories of conflict resolution, rites of passage, and fantastic dramatization of events. (MSE)

Relates how the author/illustrator discovered similarities between African and American culture and found renewed pride in his African ancestry, while researching for a new book, an African variant of "Cinderella." (ARH)

Explores use and performance of music in the Black church through examination of (1) the events that led to the conversion of Blacks to Christianity; (2) the formation of independent Black religious groups; and (3) the social and cultural milieu that fostered the development of a unique Black religious music. (Author/ML)

Discusses the development of social values and the birth of the poet; the first poets and the crystallization of poetic symbols, including Black and White symbols; India as a civilization conquered by poetry; African and African-American poetic resistance to imperialist social values; African combat poetry; and the Black value-setting in the…

Progress in primary and teacher education in Kano Province since 1968 is traced. Consideration is given to enrollments, repetition and dropping out, costs, Islamic schools, teacher availability, teacher education facilities and staff, and Grade II Examination results. (LBH)

Noting that West Africans view the family unit as a cooperative community encompassing not only living relatives but also those not yet born and those already dead, and asserting that many practices exist in black American communities which can be traced back to West Africa, this paper examines African survivals in the black American family and…

The purpose of this article is to identify some characteristics of what the author calls a shadow system, an educational enterprise outside the formal school systems, and to investigate their implications for wider educational policy. (Author/RK)