04962nam 22008055 450 991025478230332120200930205517.01-137-57463-110.1057/9781137574633(CKB)3710000000636115(SSID)ssj0001647527(PQKBManifestationID)16418270(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001647527(PQKBWorkID)13075962(PQKB)10360852(DE-He213)978-1-137-57463-3(MiAaPQ)EBC4716833(EXLCZ)99371000000063611520160111d2016 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrKenya After 50 Reconfiguring Education, Gender, and Policy /edited by Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Jerono P. Rotich1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (VIII, 265 p.)African Histories and Modernities,2634-5773Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-56458-3 1-137-57462-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Introduction /Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Kithinji, and Jerono Rotich --Education model and university curriculum in Kenya : dysfunctionality and reforms since independence /Michael Mwenda Kithinji --Geoffrey William Griffin's work at the National Youth Service : contributions to Kenya's national development /Peter Otiato Ojiambo --Teach our children in their mother tongue /Margaret W. Njeru --Reassessing Jomo Kenyatta's crackdown on theatre for education and development /Samson Kaunga Ndanyi --Mpesa as a Kenyan success story : economic progress and social impact /Frank Jacobs --Combating road traffic accidents in Kenya : a challenge for an emerging economy /Charles G. Manyara --Kenya at 50 : contextualization of post-independence sporting success /W. W. S. Njororai --Can Kenyan women really perform? Women on the sports field and in the boardroom /W. W. S. Njororai --Gender, archiving and recognition : naming and erasing in Nairobi's cityscape /Besi Brillian Muhonja --Kenya at 50 : Kenyan women reach some milestones /Jerono P. Rotich and Kipchumba Byron --Feminism unfinished : Kenya's feminist and women's rights movements, 1963-2013 /Brenda Nyandiko Sanya and Anne Namatsi Lutomia.This book explores the key milestones in education, gender, and policy that Kenya has achieved since independence, the challenges of this experience, and the future prospects. This edited collection of chapters also aims to illuminate the lessons learned from the experiences of the postcolonial period as well as postulate on the way forward. Through this exploration of the Kenyan experience since independence, the authors present an optimistic view that despite the many obstacles and challenges, the country still has promising prospects as a nation.African Histories and Modernities,2634-5773Africa—HistoryInternational education Comparative educationEthnology—AfricaEducational policyEducation and stateSocial historyAfrican Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000International and Comparative Educationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O13000African Culturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411030Educational Policy and Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O19000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000KenyaSocial conditions21st centuryKenyaPolitics and government2002-Africa—History.International education .Comparative education.Ethnology—Africa.Educational policy.Education and state.Social history.African History.International and Comparative Education.African Culture.Educational Policy and Politics.Social History.967.62043Mwanzia Koster Mickieedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtKithinji Michael Mwendaedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtRotich Jerono Pedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910254782303321Kenya After 502081468UNINA