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Higher Education in Africa:
An International
Reference Guide


A History of African Higher Education from Antiquity
to the Present


Becoming an African University

 

African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook

Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach, editors
© 2003 Indiana University Press, 864 pages.
ISBN: 0-253-34186-8

This comprehensive volume includes essays on 54 African countries and 13 themes--including academic freedom, private higher education, gender issues and financing, among others. It includes a bibliography of books, articles, and dissertations relating to African higher education. This is the most comprehensive source on this topic and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the future of African universities.

African Higher Education is available for sale from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN 47404-3797, USA ($89.95). A limited number of copies are available without cost to only institutional libraries based in Africa. Requests for the book should be made through such institutions from Dr. Damtew Teferra (e-mail: teferra@bc.edu).

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I. Theme Chapters and Contributors

Trends and Perspectives in African Higher Education
Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach

The Development of Higher Education in Africa: A Historical Survey
Y.G-M. Lulat

University Governance and University-State Relations
Kilemi Mwiria

Financing and Economics of Higher Education in Africa
Maureen Woodhall

Private Higher Education in Africa: Six Country Case Studies
Bev Thaver

Foreign Aid Financing of Higher Education in Africa
Lynn Ilon

Massification and Future Trends in African Higher Education
Richard Fehnel

Women in Universities and University-Educated Women: The Current Situation in Africa
Eva M. Rathgeber

Tertiary Distance Education and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
William Saint

The Concealed Villain: The Language Predicament in African Universities
Damtew Teferra

Student Activism in African Higher Education
Irungu Munene

Scientific Communication and Research in African Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century
Damtew Teferra

African Higher Education and the World
Philip G. Altbach


II. Country Chapters and Contributors

Algeria
Aman Attieh

Angola
Paulo de Carvalho, Víctor Kajibanga, and Franz-Wilhelm Heimer

Benin
Corbin Michel Guedegbe

Botswana
Sheldon G. Weeks

Burkina-Faso
Wendengoudi Guenda

Burundi
Juma Shabani

Cameroon
Dorothy L. Njeuma

Cape Verde
Richard A. Lobban, Jr., and Richard Leary

Central African Republic
Gaston M. N’Guerekata

Comoros, Reunion, and Seychelles (Indian Ocean Islands)
Hassan Ez-zaïm

Congo (Brazzaville)
Gaspard Mbemba

Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire)
Matundu Lelo

Cote d'Ivoire
Pascal Valentin Houenou and Yveline Houenou-Agbo

Djibouti
Nabil Mohamed and Damtew Teferra

Egypt
Mohsen Elmahdy Said

Equatorial Guinea
Deborah Pomeroy

Eritrea
Cheryl Sternman Rule

Ethiopia
Habtamu Wondimu

Gabon
Vincent Mintsa mi-Eya

Gambia
Kabba E. Colley

Ghana
Paul Effah

Guinea
Soriba Sylla with Hassan Ez-zaïm and Damtew Teferra

Guinea-Bissau
Julieta Mendes

Kenya
Charles Ngome

Lesotho
Matora Ntimo-Makara

Liberia
Patrick L. N. Seyon

Libya
Ali El-Hawat

Madagascar
James Stiles

Malawi
Joseph P.A. Chimombo

Mali
Diola Bagayoko and Moussa M. Diawara

Mauritania
Ahmed Kharchi

Mauritius
R. Baichoo, S.K.A. Parahoo, and I. Fagoonee

Morocco
Mohamed Ouakrime

Mozambique
Arlindo Chilundo

Namibia
Barnabas Otaala

Niger
Abdoulaye Niandou Souley

Nigeria
Munzali Jibril

Rwanda
Jolly Mazimhaka and G.F. Daniel

Sao Tome and Principé
Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Lucio Lima Viegas Pinto and James S. Taylor

Senegal
Honore-Georges Ndiaye

Sierra Leone
Joseph B. A. Kandeh, Thomas M. Dugba, and Joseph L. Pessima

Somalia
Mohamed Nur-Awaleh

South Africa
George Subotzky

Sudan
M. E. A. El Tom

Swaziland
Margaret Zoller Booth

Tanzania
Daniel Mkude and Brian Cooksey

Tchad
Mahamat-Ahmed Al Habo

Togo
Edee A.B.K.M. Emmanuel

Tunisia
Benoît Millot, Jeffrey Waite, and Hedi Zaiem

Uganda
Nakanyike B. Musisi

Zambia
Y. G-M. Lulat

Zimbabwe
Raymund Maunde

 
 

 
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