Transforming Higher Education for Community Development:

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dc.contributor.authorHolmfeld Lone Dirckinck-, Tabo,Geofffrey Olok, Okumu,Charles Nelson , Kattenhøj Morten Kure and Lassen Inger
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-08T13:08:44Z
dc.date.available2025-07-08T13:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionDenmark’s development policy
dc.description.abstractOkot p’Bitek (1931–1982) is an internationally renowned poet, polemic writer and cultural activist. From an early age he imbibed Acoli culture through informal education from his parents who were practitioners of Acoli culture. His formal education began in Gulu Primary in 1938 and ended in Oxford in 1963. Okot’s brilliant scholarship, a combination of literary and polemic writings, is a contribution to humanistic education and therefore a contribution to decolonization of education not only in Acoli but in Uganda’s education system. In his poetry and polemic writings, he challenges the colonial Centre which dominated the educational system which was inherited by Uganda at independence in 1962. In this chapter, post-colonial theory is used to show how Okot writes back from the periphery to the colonial Centre. The chapter examines Okot’s poetry, religious and political writings and how they contribute to decolonization of education. The study uses qualitative methodology, and the main method is document analysis. The main literary text is Song of Lawino (1966). The Chapter concludes that Okot’s inspiration is supportive of humanistic education which contributes towards a balanced educational system in Uganda where the emphasis is shifting towards Science and Technological education.
dc.description.sponsorshipDanida (Denmark’s International Development Association)
dc.identifier.citationDirckinck-Holmfeld, Lone, Tabo O. Geoffrey, Charles Nelson Okumu, Morten Kure Kattenhøj, and Inger Lassen.
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-04-73158-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-04-73157-8
dc.identifier.issn2666-2663
dc.identifier.uri10.1163/9789004731585
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/522
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKoninklijke Brill BV
dc.relation.ispartofseries(Vol. 21). Brill.
dc.subjectTransformation- Higher Education_ Decolonization
dc.subjectInternationalisation
dc.subjectPartnership
dc.subjectStudents Center learning Expensive Learning
dc.subject– problem-based learning – PBLhybrid – systemic inequalities
dc.titleTransforming Higher Education for Community Development:
dc.title.alternativeParticipatory Reflection on a Decade of Mutual Capacity-Building in Northern Uganda
dc.typeBook

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