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Freedom: An African Perspective

  • Michael Omolewa

    Michael Omolewa, emeritus professor of the history of education at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and president of the 32nd session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO. Founder of the University Village Association, UNIVA, a tool to foster close collaboration between “the Town and Gown”, the University of Ibadan academic community and the local communities in Nigeria.

         and Ruphina U. Nwachukwu

    Ruphina U. Nwachukwu, senior Lecturer in the Department of Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. She was a recipient of UNESCO/China Great wall Fellowship and Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Chinese government. She has various publications in her area of specialization which includes adult education, education for liberation, women empowerment, open and distance learning, rural education and education technology.
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From the journal Paragrana Volume 32 Issue 1

Abstract

This paper offers a comprehensive discussion on the concept of Africa and freedom, freedoms in indigenous Africa, literacy and freedom from external forces, freedom under colonial rule, the role of World War II, decolonization and the Independence Movement in Africa, independent African and new challenges for freedom and finally a way forward.

About the authors

Michael Omolewa

Michael Omolewa, emeritus professor of the history of education at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and president of the 32nd session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO. Founder of the University Village Association, UNIVA, a tool to foster close collaboration between “the Town and Gown”, the University of Ibadan academic community and the local communities in Nigeria.

Ruphina U. Nwachukwu

Ruphina U. Nwachukwu, senior Lecturer in the Department of Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. She was a recipient of UNESCO/China Great wall Fellowship and Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Chinese government. She has various publications in her area of specialization which includes adult education, education for liberation, women empowerment, open and distance learning, rural education and education technology.

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Published Online: 2023-07-11
Published in Print: 2023-06-27

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Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Zur Einführung: Freiheit im planetarischen Raum des 21. Jahrhunderts
  3. I. Perspektiven im 21. Jahrhundert
  4. Freiheitsrechte, Freiheitspflichten
  5. Politische Freiheit – Überlegungen im Anschluss an Adorno
  6. Freedom and Heteronomy in the Anthropocene
  7. Die strangulierte Freiheit im globalisierten Neoliberalismus
  8. Die Freiheit nach dem Tod
  9. II. Planetarische Kontexte
  10. Von der Freiheit zur Befreiung, eine iberoamerikanische Perspektive
  11. Individuum und Freiheit in Luhmanns systemtheoretischer Sicht
  12. Liberté et communauté en Islam
  13. Freedom: An African Perspective
  14. Entangled Notions of Freedom and Dependence
  15. III. Bildung zur Freiheit
  16. Freedom, Democracy and Science
  17. Freiheit und Entanglement: Kulturelle Resilienz als relationale Bildungstheorie
  18. Über Freiheit – im pädagogischen Sinn
  19. IV. Gesellschaftliche Sphären
  20. Recht und Freiheit – Ein juristischer Blick
  21. Sport und Freiheit
  22. Literatur ist Freiheit
  23. V. Technologien und Märkte
  24. A Dive into the Depths of Human Intimacy
  25. Soft Paternalism and Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Through the “tactfulness (融通無碍 Yuzu-Muge)” of 華厳学 Hua-Yan philosophy
  26. Freely Associated Production as a Political Ideal
  27. La liberté à corps perdu
  28. Autorinnen und Autoren
https://doi.org/10.1515/para-2023-0010

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Zur Einführung: Freiheit im planetarischen Raum des 21. Jahrhunderts
  3. I. Perspektiven im 21. Jahrhundert
  4. Freiheitsrechte, Freiheitspflichten
  5. Politische Freiheit – Überlegungen im Anschluss an Adorno
  6. Freedom and Heteronomy in the Anthropocene
  7. Die strangulierte Freiheit im globalisierten Neoliberalismus
  8. Die Freiheit nach dem Tod
  9. II. Planetarische Kontexte
  10. Von der Freiheit zur Befreiung, eine iberoamerikanische Perspektive
  11. Individuum und Freiheit in Luhmanns systemtheoretischer Sicht
  12. Liberté et communauté en Islam
  13. Freedom: An African Perspective
  14. Entangled Notions of Freedom and Dependence
  15. III. Bildung zur Freiheit
  16. Freedom, Democracy and Science
  17. Freiheit und Entanglement: Kulturelle Resilienz als relationale Bildungstheorie
  18. Über Freiheit – im pädagogischen Sinn
  19. IV. Gesellschaftliche Sphären
  20. Recht und Freiheit – Ein juristischer Blick
  21. Sport und Freiheit
  22. Literatur ist Freiheit
  23. V. Technologien und Märkte
  24. A Dive into the Depths of Human Intimacy
  25. Soft Paternalism and Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Through the “tactfulness (融通無碍 Yuzu-Muge)” of 華厳学 Hua-Yan philosophy
  26. Freely Associated Production as a Political Ideal
  27. La liberté à corps perdu
  28. Autorinnen und Autoren
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