African Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Assessing the Training of the Gusii Children During the Pre-Colonial Period

Dr. Eric Nyankanga Maangi
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Dr. Eric Nyankanga Maangi: Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Foundations, University of Kabianga P.O BOX 2030-20200, Kericho

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 9, 3315-3318

Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to discuss the Gusii indigenous education system. Before the coming of Christian missionaries to Africa, Africans and indeed the Gusii people had their own education system. Each ethnic group had a different education which was different from each other based on the different environments. Each ethnic group taught its youth different knowledge, skills and attitudes according to their environment and their needs. This paper examines the organization of African indigenous education among the Gusii of Kenya, the teachers, methods of teaching, the curriculum and indeed a comparison of this kind of education to the formal education that was introduced by Christian missionaries in the second decade of the 19th century A.D.

Date: 2024
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