Adult education was introduced by the British into West Africa after World War II. However, the Oxford intellectuals put in charge of the adult education program offered an African-centered education that frequently offered more support to the progressive views of the African independence movements than to the colonialists' conservative policies.…

The author reviews the history of Nigerian educational policies from missionary through colonial to national leadership. He calls for a more explicit set of national goals and values upon which to found an effective policy, one which takes advantage of past experience and supplies a spark of national unity. (JH)

In contradiction to later verdicts, it is shown that German colonial education, while developed late in the Empire, was one of the most progressive and energetic of all colonial powers. (Author/KM)

Algeria provides an interesting vantage point for the study of two periods of national malaise following decolonization. (Author)

The discussion is intended to acquaint the reader with the newly established nations of the Americas---Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Barbados--and some of the ways in which they differ from the rest of Latin America. (SM)

This study sought to determine what types of history were emphasized by the Examination Boards and thus to throw light on the experience in history which was gained by candidates for these exams. A bias toward the political history of the imperial power was found. (Author/SJL)

Examines the way in which the Aboriginal "voice" was represented in colonial South Australia, particularly in the form of pidgin English. The first part of the article focuses on the first decade of settlement; the second part examines the period between 1860 and the turn of the century. Findings indicate that the Aboriginal voice in…

Analysis of newspapers of the dominant and indigenous cultures of Australia from colonial times to the present shows how they provide different perspectives on Australian history. The recent growth of the indigenous press will tell a different side of that history in the future. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

Reviews diffusion and promotion of the Spanish language from the first Spanish colonizers in the Americas to the present. Describes the situation of Spanish within Spain as a form of internal colonialization and reviews language policies. Analyzes present-day institutional efforts at maintaining language co-existence within different autonomous…

Examines the impact of Japanese nationalistic thought on the administrative systems and structures of colonial and modern higher education in Korea and analyzes Japanese educational policy in Korea in the colonial period (1910-1945). Identifies beneficial and negative impacts of the Japanese colonial education system. (SLD)

Traces the development of education in colonial societies and educational policies in postcolonial nations, showing trends toward greater inequalities. Concludes that curriculum should focus less on empirical/analytical and practical/social knowledge and more on critical emancipatory knowledge. (SK)

In some ways, West Germany has "colonized" East Germany after unification. Differences in educational heritage have been ignored in an effort to make the two school systems compatible, and the consequences of East Germans' willing abandonment of autonomy are just beginning to be apparent. (SK)

Native and nonnative Canadians participated in a series of workshops on reexamining 500 years of history and redefining Canada. Assumptions about history, spirituality, education, solidarity, and collective action have been challenged and processes of personal and social change set into motion. (SK)

Discusses the use of Frenglish on the island of Mauritius. An examination of the local press over a nine-month period turned up ten categories of Frenglish. Frenglish in the Mauritian press highlights the uniqueness of local society by linguistically contextualizing broad ranges of social, economic, political, legal, and administrative life.…