Coe, Cati

Dilemmas of culture in African schools youth, nationalism, and the transformation of knowledge. - IX, 241 p. ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.

"Every nation has its own gifts" : Christianity, schooling, and the construction of tradition -- Drumming and dancing : the state's involvement in tradition -- The location of culture : the politician, the chief, or the teacher? -- Modernity divided : Christianity and the cultural program in the schools -- Folk culture as school knowledge : the contradictions of teaching culture in schools -- "Do you know how to drum?" : youth, knowledge, and the state.

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Educational anthropology--Ghana
Education and state--Ghana
#SBIB:39A4--Toegepaste antropologie--Applied Anthropology
#SBIB:39A73--Etnografie: Afrika--Ethnography: Africa