3 - The Growth of Islamic Learning in Northern Ghana and Its Interaction with Western Secular Education
Corresponding Author(s) : Abdulai Iddrisu
Africa Development,
Vol. 30 No. 1-2 (2005): Africa Development
Abstract
This paper examines the growth of Islamic learning in northern Ghana and its in teraction with western secular education. It argues that colonial policies and prac tice had far-reaching implications for Islamic learning, stifling attempts at growth, and suggests that the contemporary situation with regard to Islamic learning in Ghana cannot be properly understood without an appreciation of the historical forces that have helped fashion this system of learning. It concludes that there is need for a meaningful and sustainable interaction between Islamic and Western secular edu cation, especially in the era of decentralisation and increased demand for new com petence at local levels
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- Second Edition.
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- presented at the International ISITA Colloquium, Harris Hall, Northwestern University,
- Evanston/Chicago, USA, 15-19 May 2002.
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- Progressive [ntegration Approach', in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs,
- Vol. 22, No. 2, October 2002, p.336.
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- Legon, Ace. No. Sal/3/1.
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- Wisconsin.
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- (2nd. Imp.), London: Longman Group Limited.
- Odoom K.O and Holden J.J., 1962, Arabie Collection, IAS, Legon.
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- University, Evanston, IL.
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- History of Ghana, Second Edition, London: Allen and
- Unwin.
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References
Bening, R. B., 1990, 'Definition of the International Boundaries ofNorthern Ghana
-1904', Journal of the Historical Society of Ghana, vol. l., (ii).
Bening, R.B., 1990, A History of Education in Northern Ghana, 1909-1976,
GUP,Accra.
Cardinal,A W., 1927, InAsante and Beyond, London: Seeley Service.
Der, B.G, 1983, 'Missionary Enterprise in Northern Ghana 1906-1975: A Study in Impact',
Unpublished. PhD Thesis, University of Ghana, Legon.
Dupuis, J., 1824 [1966], Journal of a Residence in Ashantee, London: Henry Colburn; Frank Cass
Second Edition.
Holmes, Brian (ed.), 1968, Educational Policy and Mission Schools: Case Studies from the British
Empire, Routledge & Kegan Paul, NY, p.11.
Hunwick, John, 2004, Arabie Literature of Africa, vol. 4.
[ddrisu, A., 1998, 'British Colonial Response to Islamic Education: A Case Study of the Northern
Territories of the Gold Coast, 1890-1940', Journal of the Institute of Education, UCC, Vol. 4, No. 2, July.
[ddrisu, A., 2002a, 'The Changing Role of the Mallam Intelligentsia During the Colonial Era in
Ghana', Paper presented at the Working Group Presentations, Institute for the Study oflslamic
Thought inAfiica, Program of Afiican studies, Northwestern University, Evanston/Chicago, USA. May 18.
[ddrisu, A., 2002b, 'Colonial Control and Muslim education in northern Ghana, 1900-1925', Paper
presented at the International ISITA Colloquium, Harris Hall, Northwestern University,
Evanston/Chicago, USA, 15-19 May 2002.
[ddrisu, A., 2002c, 'Between [slamic and Western Secular Education in Ghana: A
Progressive [ntegration Approach', in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs,
Vol. 22, No. 2, October 2002, p.336.
Johnson, Marion, nd., Sa/aga Papers, 2 vols. [nstitute of African Studies, University of Ghana,
Legon, Ace. No. Sal/3/1.
Kimble, David, 1963, A Political History of Ghana, London: Clarendon Press, p.533.
Levtzion, Nehemiah, 1965, 'Early Nineteenth Century Arabie Manuscripts from Kumasi', in
TransactionsoftheHistorical SocietyofGhana, Vol. vm,p. 99.
Lovejoy, P. E., 1973, 'The Hausa Kola Trade /700-/900', Unpublished PhD thesis, University of
Wisconsin.
McWilliams, H.O.A. and Kwamena-Poh, M.A., 1978, The Development of Education in Ghana: An Outline,
(2nd. Imp.), London: Longman Group Limited.
Odoom K.O and Holden J.J., 1962, Arabie Collection, IAS, Legon.
Owusu-Ansah, David, 1984, 'The Talismanic Tradition', Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL.
Trimingham, J.S., 1962, A History of Islam in West Africa, London: OUP. Ward, W.E.F, 1967, A
History of Ghana, Second Edition, London: Allen and
Unwin.
Wilks, Ivor, 1982, 'The Wangara, Akan and Portuguese in the fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 1.
The Matter of Bitu', Journal of African History, vol. 23, issue 3, 332-49.
Wilks, Ivor, 1982, 'The Wangara, Akan and the Portuguese in the fifteenth and sixteenth Centuries.
Il. The Struggle for Trade', Journal of Africa History, vol. 23, 4, 465-472.
Wilks, Ivor, 1964, 'The Growth of Islamic Learning in Ghana', Journal of the Historical Society of
Nigeria, vol. ii, no. 4, Dec. 1964.
Yakubu, Saaka A., 1972, 'The Evolution of Political Consciousness in Northern Ghana', Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Ghana, Legon,