{"product_id":"education-marginalization-in-subsaharan-africa-9781498574044","title":"Education Marginalization in SubSaharan Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book focuses on education policy framework for educating marginalized children in sub-Saharan Africa. It uses marginality as a critical discourse to highlight the complicated ways education policy making in sub-Saharan Africa have constructed and perpetuated marginality in the region since Africa's encounters with Europe. The book is organized around two parts, each of which discusses a specific dimension of the marginality and education policy nexus. Part I focuses on theorizations of marginality and education. The theoretical framework on marginality and education outlines the definitional and conceptual backgrounds on marginality  the complicated ways policies of the Christian missionaries, colonial governments and postcolonial governments constructed and perpetuated marginality in the region. Part II focuses on addressing the issue of marginality from theory to practice. These chapters highlight the ways policies shaped the educational development, schooling processes, and edu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMfum-Mensah’s text provides a succinct and critical analysis of the impact of colonialism, missionaries, and post-independence education policies on the continued marginalization of children in Sub-Saharan Africa. -- Karen L. Biraimah, University of Central Florida, Orlando\u003cbr\u003eThis is a timely contribution to the understanding of the education needs of children and populations in marginalized conditions, capturing policy and practice in context. Anyone seeking to support the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) would benefit from reading this book. -- Edith Mukudi Omwami, University of California, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003eThe case of Sub-Saharan African postcolonial education programs serving as socially, culturally, politically, and economically enfranchising platforms, has now been debated for some time. Consistently though, both the descriptive and analytical returns from these discussions have not been encouraging; more often than otherwise, the presence of colonial conceptualizations, theorizations, and attendant practices of this education seem to have stunted the expected outcomes of social well-being and economic advancement. It is indeed, these pressing and problematic realities of African education that make Obed Mfum-Mensah’s new book so timely and topically cogent with much needed analyses that locate this education as connected to the ongoing marginalization of people. With its well-connected theoretical perspectives and policy analysis, the book will greatly benefit specialized researchers and students and can serve as an important resource for educational managers and policy makers in Africa and elsewhere. -- Ali A. Abdi, The University of British Columbia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Theorizations on Marginality  Introduction: Marginality and Education Policy Frameworks in Sub-Saharan Africa  Chapter 1: Social Structures and Children’s Education in Sub-Saharan Africa  Chapter 2: Marginality and Colonial Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa  Chapter 3: Marginality and Postcolonial Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa  Part II: Marginality: Linking Policy and Practice  Chapter 4: Schooling and Marginality in a Sub-Saharan African Context  Chapter 5: Contextual Nuances and Girls’ Education  Chapter 6: Educational Development and Marginalized Zongo Muslim Communities  Chapter 7: Decolonizing Curriculum to Promote Learning  Chapter 8: Education, Violence and Marginalized Children  Chapter 9: Synergies and Education Collaboration: From Policy to Practice  Chapter 10: Policy Reflections and Education of Marginalized Children","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040816791895,"sku":"9781498574044","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498574044.jpg?v=1750947941","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-marginalization-in-subsaharan-africa-9781498574044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}