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Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gamuchirai Tsitsi Ndamba
Micheal M. van Wyk
Josiah C. Sithole
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Studies barriers to implementing the Zimbabwean language education policy in primary school grades and the perception of socio-economic benefits that come with the English language.
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Economic Organization and the Position of Women Among the Iroquois

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith K. Brown
Ethnohistory, vol. 17, no. 3/4, Summer-Autumn, 1970, pp. 151-167
Description
Study compared the Iroquois and the Bemba to gain insight into the factors which influenced status and concluded that the high status of women among the Iroquois was due to economic responsibilities.
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Education and the San of Southern Africa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hays
Amanda Siegrühn
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 26-34
Description
Discusses the right of San communities to access formal education in Nambia, Botswana and South Africa. To access this article, scroll down to page 27.
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Fifteen Truth Commissions: 1974 to 1994: A Comparative Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, November 1994, pp. 597-655
Description
Discusses issues highlighted by commissions worldwide, as well as the different models employed. Examples discussed are countries that had undergone radical political changes and were in the process of transitioning from one regime to another.
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Hunhu: In Search of an Indigenous Philosophy for the Zimbabwean Education System: Practice Without Thought is Blind: Thought Without Practice is Empty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oswell Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru
Ngoni Makuvaza
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses how western colonial ideals, that form the basis of the current education system, must be replaced with Indigenous philosophical systems as a foundation.
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