Pan-African Education: A Must for the African Union John K. Marah; Routledge: New York, 2018, 292 pages.

Abstract

In his book Pan-African Education: A Must for the African Union, John K. Marah insists that African education should focus exclusively on the needs of African people, and that it should lead to the realization of African unity that propels that continent forward economically and politically. Marah insists that a true pan-African education has yet to be realized because African leaders have been focused on the establishment of national universities. The “entrenchment of small African communities” (p. 1) has led Africans to believe that there is no interconnectedness between the economic, political, and social needs of all African communities. His main argument asserts that African unity must begin with education. Furthermore, African institutions should exclusively focus on the needs of Africa and its people, rather than aiming to meet the learning needs of the West. Embodying the visions and principles espoused by Marcus Garvey and
Kwame Nkrumah, Marah declares that African unification will allow Africa to take the helm in its own development.