What are the major characteristics of African indigenous education and their relevance?

Answer 1

• colonial education divided people into the elite and uneducated. The elite consudered themselves to be superior over those who never went to school.
• It transmitted European culture rather than african culture.
• Education produced people for the white collar jobs such as clerks, messengers and foremen.
• This education created people who led nationalist struggle against colonial rule. Good examples are Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika, Nkrumah of Ghana, Namdi Azikiwe of Nigeria and Leopold Sedar Senghor of Senegal.

Answer 2

It was based on racial segregation (whites, asians and africans at last)

The curriculum was based on foreign history and geography.

Only the sons and daughters of african chiefs had access to education.

Boys had more access to education than girls.

It was more theoretical than practical.

Schools were available in areas of colonial schemes and projects.

Christians were more educated than non-converts.

Answer 3

One of the major characteristic of the African indigenous education was that the boys were taught by their fathers/grandfathers while the girls were taught by their mothers/grandmothers. This type of education was meant to enlighten the young boys and girls on their cultural practices.