An introductory history of education / Daniel N. Sifuna and James E. Otiende.

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Introduction -- Early man and education -- Egyptian education -- Indian education -- Chinese education -- Hebraic education -- Greek education -- Roman education -- Medieval education -- The renaissance and education -- Religious reformation and education -- Modern movements and education in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Modern movements and education in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- African indigenous education -- Islamic education in Africa -- Early attempts of Western education in Africa -- Colonization and education in Africa 1900-1920 -- Education in Africa in the inter-war period 1920-1945 -- Post-world war II educational developments in Africa -- Education policies and developments in Africa after independence -- New trends in education in Africa.