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Panel A02 (1 video; 7 papers, 4 with)

Title of panel:

Convenors:

Marieke van Winden (conference organiser, African Studies Centre Leiden);

Marie Pierre Ballarin (Paris - URMIS).

Chair:

Marie Pierre Ballarin (Paris - URMIS).

Stream:	A: Institutional foundations
Start time:	24 February, 2021 at 14:00 (UTC+1)
Session slots:	1

Short abstract:
This panel proposes an overview of how Education played a major role in different African societies during the colonial period.

Long abstract:
Education in Africa is not new. Through a series of comparative case studies within the continent and the adjacent islands, this panel will draw an overview of how Education played a major role in the African societies. We will especially consider: 1. The different types of educative systems and transmission of knowledge during pre-colonial times; 2. The role of education in the development of a new colonial society; 3. The kind of social place and social mobility reached in that new context; 4. The creation of original identities due to education in these different contexts, shaped by different religions (socially and politically). We will pay close attention to the trajectories of individuals and/or groups evolving within this specific context that had a major impact on their identity, social status and standard of living.

7 Accepted papers:
1	Establishing control: methodism, artisans, and industrial education reform in Sierra Leone, c. 1870-1895
2	The Tati Training Institute and self-determination in the BuKalanga borderlands (1932-1941)
3	Ge'ez intellectual tradition and its critique on modern education system
4	Between kinship and the school: trajectories of social climbers in colonial Dahomey
5	Educational policy of French colonialism in Algeria and its impact on Algerian culture and society
6	Us and them: the otherness in perspective of colonial politics
7	Cabo Verde - locanacionalizar o global na educação

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