- Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives
- Edited by Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa, Michael Osborne
Liberation, Empowerment and Decolonisation through Adult Education in Africa
- Michael Omolewa
- Ruphina U. Nwachukwu
- Anne Ruhweza Katahoire
- © 2023 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4.13
Adult Education is an interdisciplinary field that often includes a focus on social justice issues and thus prompts a liberation, empowerment, and decolonisation approach to adult education. The purpose of this chapter is to report findings from informed by the papers of Lalage Bown held by the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, and the British Library. The chapter explores the concepts and nexuses of liberation empowerment and decolonisation through Adult Education in Africa. It addresses liberation and empowerment in the life of Lalage Bown in Africa, and her life and family background. It also explores her perceptions on decolonisation and the key reasons why she fought for the oppressed through Adult Education during her stay in Africa. The paper examines Lalage Bown’s work experiences in different universities in Africa – including Nigeria – Britain, and her new ideas, including her approach to colonisation, Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. Finally, it discusses Lalage Bown’s Legacy.
- Keywords:
- Colonialism,
- Decolonisation,
- Empowerment,
- Lalage Bown,
- Liberation,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria - ORCID: 0000-0001-8976-4581
University of Nigeria, Nigeria - ORCID: 0000-0001-6618-1252
Makerere University, Uganda - ORCID: 0000-0003-3520-070X
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- Bodleian Library (MSS.Afr.s.1877, Box 1, File 2). People’s Educational Association of Ghana, located at the Institute of Adult Education, Legon: University of Ghana.
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- Omolewa, Michael. 1975b. “A Decade of University Adult Education in Nigeria, 1945-55: An Examination of British Influence.” British Journal of Educational Studies 23 (2): 153-67.
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Liberation, Empowerment and Decolonisation through Adult Education in Africa
Authors
Michael Omolewa, Ruphina U. Nwachukwu, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4.13
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives
Editors
Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa, Michael Osborne
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
324
Publication Year
2023
Copyright Information
© 2023 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4
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979-12-215-0252-7
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Studies on Adult Learning and Education
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2704-596X
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2704-5781