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Language, Scientific Knowledge, and the “Context of Learning” in African Education

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Every human society has an educational program, i.e., a system of training the young to become responsible citizens. The education includes the transmission of cultural values, morals, kinship systems, inheritance procedures, specialized skills needed for survival, religious beliefs, legends and history of the community, customs and traditions pertaining to various aspects of life and living (including dying), rites of passage, duties and responsibilities associated with age as well as sex and gender etc.

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