The Challenge of Educational Innovation and National Development in Southern Africa

Über den Autor

The Author: Dickson A. Mungazi is Professor of Educational Foundations and History of Southern Africa at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. His life and education were greatly influenced by his parents and grandfather, a Methodist lay preacher who considered it a family obligation for his children and grandchildren to go to school and receive good grades. After receiving his B.A. from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1964, Dr. Mungazi returned to Zimbabwe to teach social studies at Hartzell Secondary School outside Mutare. He then studied for the University of London Certificate in Education through the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1966 to 1968. Dr. Mungazi returned to the U.S.A. to continue his education, receiving his M.A. in 1975 and his Ph.D. in 1977 from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the problems of development in Africa. He and his wife, Della, have three children, Marcia, Alan, and Gaylord.