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The Politics of Multicultural Education in South Africa: Vogue, Oxymoron or Political Paralysis

Argues against using American-style multicultural education in South African higher education and suggests that transitory nation-states would first need to adopt Africentric reformism in order to recapture their value system before incorporating multiculturalism into the curriculum. The relevance of the multicultural model to South Africa and why its implementation should be deferred is discussed. (GR)

• Author/Creator: Asumah, Seth N., Hlatshwayo, Simphiwe
• Date Published: Win
• Journal/Secondary Title: Western Journal of Black Studies
• Number: 4
• Volume: 19
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Educational Change
• Subject: Educational Legislation
• Subject: Foreign Countries
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Politics of Education
• Subject: Postsecondary Education
• Subject: Relevance (Education)
• Subject: Social Action
• Subject: Social Change

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