Schools and National Identities in French-speaking Africa: Political Choices, Means of Transmission and Appropriation

Schools and National Identities in French-speaking Africa showcases cutting-edge research to provide a renewed understanding of the role of schools in producing and reproducing national identities. Using individual case studies and comparative frameworks, it presents diverse empirical and theoretical insights from and about a range of African countries.

The volume demonstrates in particular the usefulness of the curriculum as a lens through which to analyse the production and negotiation of...