A New History of Formal Schooling in South Africa, 1658–1910: An Education of Contradictions
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  • Distributed for HSRC Press

A New History of Formal Schooling in South Africa, 1658–1910:

An Education of Contradictions

Crain Soudien, Charlotte Fischer, and Michael Cross, with Peter Kallaway
Paperback: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-7969-2680-7
In a narrative that goes far beyond a simple retelling of events, the authors dissect the origins of educational inequality in South Africa by framing the narrative within the country's broad socioeconomic history from the time of the Dutch settlements in the 1650s to the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Crain Soudien is professor emeritus of education and African studies at the University of Cape Town. Charlotte Fischer is founder of Love & Power, an organization that finds political solutions to violence against women. The late Michael Cross was professor of higher education and founding director of the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Peter Kallaway is professor emeritus of education at the University of the Western Cape.