Lovedale 1930-1955 : the study of a missionary institution in its social, educational and political context
- White, Timothy Raymond Howard
- Authors: White, Timothy Raymond Howard
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Lovedale Institution , History , South Africa , Education , African people
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2527 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001856
- Description: Lovedale was founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society as an eduational centre for Africans. Education was to be adapted to the lives of the Africans which would be a departure from the English classical tradition. This meant that emphasis was placed on vocational training and that academic education focussed on the study of English rather than the Classics. But the importance of mother-tongue education was also stressed. The missionaries placed emphasis on village education, whereby the African would be taught skills and crafts that would be useful to him in life. Education, they argued, should also aim at character-training and at spreading the Christian message. They also wanted to see co-operation between the Church and the State in the education of the African. Vocational education was designed to create African artisans who would be able to compete with Whites; but it also aimed at emphasizing the importance of industry in building up character. The Lovedale Press illustrates vocational training in progress, dealing with the difficulties that arose when African printers came into competition with Whites. But the missionaries also used the Press to propagate the Christian message and to promote African literature. An ideological rift began to open up between the missions and the new Black political beliefs of the Second World War. This led to the Lovedale Riot which is considered in the broader framework of sociopolitical unrest within the country. After the 1948 Election an ideological rift also developed between the missions and the State. This study concludes by examining the introduction of the Bantu Education Act and the Lovedale response to this. It was felt that although Bantu Education threatened to undermine their educational endeavour, they should nevertheless cooperate with the system in order to save what they had built up.
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- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: White, Timothy Raymond Howard
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Lovedale Institution , History , South Africa , Education , African people
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2527 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001856
- Description: Lovedale was founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society as an eduational centre for Africans. Education was to be adapted to the lives of the Africans which would be a departure from the English classical tradition. This meant that emphasis was placed on vocational training and that academic education focussed on the study of English rather than the Classics. But the importance of mother-tongue education was also stressed. The missionaries placed emphasis on village education, whereby the African would be taught skills and crafts that would be useful to him in life. Education, they argued, should also aim at character-training and at spreading the Christian message. They also wanted to see co-operation between the Church and the State in the education of the African. Vocational education was designed to create African artisans who would be able to compete with Whites; but it also aimed at emphasizing the importance of industry in building up character. The Lovedale Press illustrates vocational training in progress, dealing with the difficulties that arose when African printers came into competition with Whites. But the missionaries also used the Press to propagate the Christian message and to promote African literature. An ideological rift began to open up between the missions and the new Black political beliefs of the Second World War. This led to the Lovedale Riot which is considered in the broader framework of sociopolitical unrest within the country. After the 1948 Election an ideological rift also developed between the missions and the State. This study concludes by examining the introduction of the Bantu Education Act and the Lovedale response to this. It was felt that although Bantu Education threatened to undermine their educational endeavour, they should nevertheless cooperate with the system in order to save what they had built up.
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- Date Issued: 1988
The African heritage in music and in art
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Technical College, Pretoria, Transvaal (Gauteng), South Africa , BP Southern Africa , African Heritage , Music , Art , America , Facing the Music , Problem , Population , Political crisis , Values , Tradition , Speech , Changes , Damage , Symbols , Phsychology , Education , Missionaries , Prejudice , Interdepence , Understanding , Intangibles , Material objects , Huts , Hoe , Spears , Legend , History , Sculpture , Trees , Carving , Wood carving , West Africa , Moralising , Basutholand , Medical murder , Lumumba , Congo , Kanyoka , Salisbury , Drinking , Fooding , Dancing , Churches , General Education Conference , Heritage , New York , American negro , London , Evaluation of arts , Father Andre Fernandez , Dark , Chosen people , Ideal , Year of change , Inter-dependence , Demands for independence , Statue , Politics
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
- Identifier: vital:15099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008527 , Reel number: BC130, BC171, BC172
- Description: Lecture presented by Hugh Tracey at the General Education Conference, Technical College, Pretoria, South Africa , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Technical College, Pretoria, Transvaal (Gauteng), South Africa , BP Southern Africa , African Heritage , Music , Art , America , Facing the Music , Problem , Population , Political crisis , Values , Tradition , Speech , Changes , Damage , Symbols , Phsychology , Education , Missionaries , Prejudice , Interdepence , Understanding , Intangibles , Material objects , Huts , Hoe , Spears , Legend , History , Sculpture , Trees , Carving , Wood carving , West Africa , Moralising , Basutholand , Medical murder , Lumumba , Congo , Kanyoka , Salisbury , Drinking , Fooding , Dancing , Churches , General Education Conference , Heritage , New York , American negro , London , Evaluation of arts , Father Andre Fernandez , Dark , Chosen people , Ideal , Year of change , Inter-dependence , Demands for independence , Statue , Politics
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
- Identifier: vital:15099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008527 , Reel number: BC130, BC171, BC172
- Description: Lecture presented by Hugh Tracey at the General Education Conference, Technical College, Pretoria, South Africa , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
- Full Text: false
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