Educational Interaction between Africa and the West

Abstract

In the inevitable interactions between an African culture based largely on tribal patterns and on agricultural subsistence and a nationalistic Western culture based largely on complex technologies, there is bound to be pain. Whether or not the West tries to meet the aspirations of Africa, the actions of the West can be classed as interference. Yet we have no choice but to interfere, and to help, and no way is more effective than education. To educate Africans in the West in techniques so specialized they will not be of any use if the student returns home is, in some aspects, immoral. We should concentrate on helping African schools and universities to handle the whole educational needs of their own countries.