LEADER 04962nam 22008055 450 001 9910254782303321 005 20200930205517.0 010 $a1-137-57463-1 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137574633 035 $a(CKB)3710000000636115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001647527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16418270 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001647527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13075962 035 $a(PQKB)10360852 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-57463-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716833 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000636115 100 $a20160111d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKenya After 50 $eReconfiguring Education, Gender, and Policy /$fedited by Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Jerono P. Rotich 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 265 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5773 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a1-349-56458-3 311 1 $a1-137-57462-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $tIntroduction /$rMickie Mwanzia Koster, Michael Kithinji, and Jerono Rotich --$tEducation model and university curriculum in Kenya : dysfunctionality and reforms since independence /$rMichael Mwenda Kithinji --$tGeoffrey William Griffin's work at the National Youth Service : contributions to Kenya's national development /$rPeter Otiato Ojiambo --$tTeach our children in their mother tongue /$rMargaret W. Njeru --$tReassessing Jomo Kenyatta's crackdown on theatre for education and development /$rSamson Kaunga Ndanyi --$tMpesa as a Kenyan success story : economic progress and social impact /$rFrank Jacobs --$tCombating road traffic accidents in Kenya : a challenge for an emerging economy /$rCharles G. Manyara --$tKenya at 50 : contextualization of post-independence sporting success /$rW. W. S. Njororai --$tCan Kenyan women really perform? Women on the sports field and in the boardroom /$rW. W. S. Njororai --$tGender, archiving and recognition : naming and erasing in Nairobi's cityscape /$rBesi Brillian Muhonja --$tKenya at 50 : Kenyan women reach some milestones /$rJerono P. Rotich and Kipchumba Byron --$tFeminism unfinished : Kenya's feminist and women's rights movements, 1963-2013 /$rBrenda Nyandiko Sanya and Anne Namatsi Lutomia. 330 $aThis book explores the key milestones in education, gender, and policy that Kenya has achieved since independence, the challenges of this experience, and the future prospects. This edited collection of chapters also aims to illuminate the lessons learned from the experiences of the postcolonial period as well as postulate on the way forward. Through this exploration of the Kenyan experience since independence, the authors present an optimistic view that despite the many obstacles and challenges, the country still has promising prospects as a nation. 410 0$aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5773 606 $aAfrica?History 606 $aInternational education  606 $aComparative education 606 $aEthnology?Africa 606 $aEducational policy 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aSocial history 606 $aAfrican History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000 606 $aInternational and Comparative Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O13000 606 $aAfrican Culture$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411030 606 $aEducational Policy and Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O19000 606 $aSocial History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000 607 $aKenya$xSocial conditions$y21st century 607 $aKenya$xPolitics and government$y2002- 615 0$aAfrica?History. 615 0$aInternational education . 615 0$aComparative education. 615 0$aEthnology?Africa. 615 0$aEducational policy. 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 14$aAfrican History. 615 24$aInternational and Comparative Education. 615 24$aAfrican Culture. 615 24$aEducational Policy and Politics. 615 24$aSocial History. 676 $a967.62043 702 $aMwanzia Koster$b Mickie$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aKithinji$b Michael Mwenda$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aRotich$b Jerono P$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254782303321 996 $aKenya After 50$92081468 997 $aUNINA