Author : Carol Sicherman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Becoming an African University by : Carol Sicherman
Download or read book Becoming an African University written by Carol Sicherman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four decades, Makerere University, known as the "Oxford of Africa," was the sole university-level institution in all of East Africa. A fabled Mecca for aspiring youth, it trained many of the region's first generation of intellectual and political leaders, including the present presidents of Kenya and Tanzania. It remains one of Africa's most important universities today. As one of the first comprehensive look at an African university, this book tells the story of Makerere's colonial beginnings, its efflorescence during the 1950s and 1960s, its calamitous decline during nearly two decades of tyranny and civil war, and its resurgence following the restoration of peace and relative stability.