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Moral Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Sharlene Swartz, Monica Taylor

Moral educationEducation, africaMoral conditions

The key question that this volume seeks to address is: what contribution can scholars from Africa concerned with moral education contribute to the multiple issues of culture, conflict, economics and HIV/AIDS that, while not peculiar to sub-Saharan Africa, are certainly acute in this region of the world? Furthermore, are there ways in which this work, frequently undertaken in difficult circumstances, can challenge prevailing and dominant Global North frameworks, and begin conversations for mutual benefit across the North South divide? The themes covered in this volume deal with much which is painful, although some promising pathways are suggested.

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