An African Contribution to the Constitutional Right to Modern Schooling 150 Years Ago

Autor/in	Adick, Christel
Titel	An African Contribution to the Constitutional Right to Modern Schooling 150 Years Ago
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 67 (2021) 3, S.385-402 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Adick, Christel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-020-09862-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Constitutional Law; Educational History; Civil Rights; Access to Education; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Staatsrecht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Afrika
Abstract	This article highlights the stipulation of the provision of formal schooling in a regional constitution drafted in West Africa in 1871, almost 150 years ago. The constitution under discussion originated in Fanteland, a coastal region of the Gold Coast (modern-day southern Ghana), and was the main achievement of a historical movement which sought to unite several smaller kingdoms and communities into a Fante Confederation (1868-1873). While the whole idea of a written constitution which includes the aspect of formal schooling may seem rather "European" or "Western" at a first glance, it is remarkable in that one would not expect it to have occurred in West Africa at that time. The author of this article argues that the Fante Constitution in fact represents a unique early African attempt to construct a modern nation-state based on a written constitution, and that the sections which stipulate and regulate formal schooling are central to its vision. The author embeds the sections concerning education in an analysis of the specific historical situation of the Fante people in West Africa before the establishment of formal British colonial rule on the Gold Coast. She develops two main theses: the constitution (a) is an "African" contribution to educational policymaking, which (b) accords "modern" schooling a crucial role in state-building. She presents these theses in the light of the historical record and competing interpretations in historical discourse. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01