The South African higher education transformation debate: Culture, identity and 'African ways of knowing'

London Review of Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-15

  Horsthemke, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African knowledge; Culture; Higher education; Identity; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149165942     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460802700512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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