The ‘miseducation’ of black children in the British educational system – towards an African-centred orientation to knowledge

Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-78

  Graham, Mekada ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203995648-13     Document Type: Chapter

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