Book
Chaga childhood: a description of indigenous education in an East African tribe
Oxford University Press for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures • London • Published In 1940 • Pages:
By: Raum, Otto Friedrich.
Abstract
This is a study of the techniques employed by the Chaga in the education of their children from birth to marriage. The author cites the existence of age-grades, the conflict between generations, and the formalization of social and ethical norms as the bases on which educational theories, aims and standards have been built and fortified in Chaga society. Theoretical material has been marked for categories wherever applicable, but Chapter I (History of the Subject) will be found in category 116 only. The author was born and brought up among the Chaga and spent many years as a teacher and inspector in African schools. This work is his doctoral thesis, presented to the University of London in 1940.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1954 : Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field Date
- none
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1940
- Coverage Place
- Chagga, Tanzania
- Notes
- by O. F. Raum ... With an introduction by W. Bryant Mumford
- 'This work has been accepted as a thesis for the degree of Ph. D. (education) in the University of London.'--Acknowledgments
- 'Chaga bibliography (ethnographical)': p. 59-62
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 41012399
- LCSH
- Chaga (African people)
- Primitive societies
- Children--Africa