Perspectives on Education in Africa
About the Book Series
The African continent is at a crucial moment in its history. Conflicts, political disappointments, developmental difficulties and poverty issues are well disseminated by the international media, but it also has a promising demography and hopeful economic growth. Education is at the heart of the challenges facing the continent, and research into Africa’s 21st century potential is of increasing interest to international scholars and policymakers alike.
This series aims to examine institutions regarded as fundamental in helping African countries face major challenges across the Continent. It seeks to offer tools for analysing, understanding and decision-making concerning contemporary issues of education in Africa. Believing that perspectives should not be observed, analysed and strategized from outside, the series draws on local knowledge and experience, promoting interaction between African and non-African scholars in order to explore the implications for the future, and the ways in which education in Africa can be enhanced, influenced and developed.
Contemporary Educational Management in East Africa: Tackling Challenges of Inclusion, Leadership, and Digital Integration
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By Stuart Busby, Chrispina Lekule, Christina Raphael
February 09, 2026
This rigorous and insightful volume provides comprehensive analysis and research findings on educational management challenges in East Africa, homing in on the interrelated areas of inclusion, gender equity, leadership and digital integration in schools and higher education institutions to foster a...
Higher Education ICT Integration in Africa: Readiness, Implementation and Trajectory
1st Edition
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By Ke Yu, Reuben Dlamini
December 26, 2025
This multidisciplinary, edited volume examines higher educations’ ICT integration in Africa, contributing a new and inclusive change readiness framework to better understand how to manage ICT or other technological disruptions in resource-restrained contexts. Tackling ICT incorporation in HEIs from...
University and Academics’ Societal Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Benefits, Drivers, and Constraints of Knowledge Production
1st Edition
By Nelson Casimiro Zavale, Christian Schneijderberg
September 29, 2025
This book provides a comprehensive account of the patterns of university and academics’ societal engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), considering knowledge production and the resulting outputs, outcomes, and benefits that are yielded from such engagement for society. Responding to the call for ...
Combating School-Based Violence Using African Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Implications for Educational Safety
1st Edition
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By Mfundo Mandla Masuku, Nomakhosi Nomathemba Sibisi
May 12, 2025
Using African epistemologies to understand contributing social and cultural factors around African school violence, this book investigates various kinds of school-based violence suffered by learners and teachers in order to further research into the impact of educational interventions on crime ...
Widening University Access and Participation in the Global South: Using the Zambian Context to Inform Other Developing Countries
1st Edition
By Edward Mboyonga
December 31, 2024
Using a capability approach as an analytical framework, this timely volume examines how access to higher education, enabled through private universities, can transform students’ lives and contribute to human development in low-income countries in the Global South. Providing new insights into the ...
Information and Communications Technology in STEM Education: An African Perspective
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By Umesh Ramnarain, Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu
November 29, 2024
This timely book presents the latest scholarly research on the integration of Information Communications Technology (ICT) for enhanced STEM education in African schools and universities. Featuring critical discussion and illustration of key data-led arguments, this volume gives a comprehensive ...
Reimagining Effective Stakeholder Governance Practices in Higher Education: Lessons from South Africa
1st Edition
By Felix Omal
November 29, 2024
This book examines the role of the university governing council and the changing nature of university governance using a case study from a South African university. The book considers the key challenging features of South African higher education in relation to current competing international ...
African Schools as Enabling Spaces: A Framework for Building Communities of Care
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By Vanessa Scherman, Linda Liebenberg
October 09, 2024
Using African schools as case studies, this book presents an implementation framework that can be used by schools internationally to drive social change and support their role as enabling spaces, allowing learners to thrive. Recognising the increase in demands, violent conflicts, lack of stability...
Globalisation and Education Policy Reform in Botswana
1st Edition
By Richard Tabulawa
October 09, 2024
This book uses the global–local dialect approach to explicate education policy reform in Botswana and interrogates the practical effects of the various education policies on curriculum, pedagogy and governance of the Botswana General Education system. Considering the effect of three reform policies...
Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa: Case Studies from a Pandemic Context
1st Edition
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By Admire Mare, Erisher Woyo, Elina M. Amadhila
August 26, 2024
This book critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated digital innovation within higher education using case studies from Africa. Imagining a future for post-pandemic higher education, it analyses the challenges and opportunities of remote teaching and learning. The book explores ...
COVID-19 and Education in Africa: Challenges, Possibilities, and Opportunities
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By Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, Sarah Lewinger, Catherine Langsford
May 27, 2024
With comprehensive examples from researchers across East Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa, the book examines how primary, secondary, and tertiary education was affected by the pandemic and how its effects are shaping the future of education in Africa. This book addresses diverse issues ...
Future-Proofing Teacher Education: Voices from South Africa and Beyond
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By Sarah Gravett, Nadine Petersen
January 29, 2024
This book presents a variety of perspectives on teacher education for a fast-changing world. It deepens the discourse on teacher education and specifically considers teacher education in light of the technological advancements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution as well as education in times of ...