A discussion with Yao Graham (Ghana). Dr Graham will situate the context in which Education in general and Adult Education in particular is affected by the political economy of African, by reference to its many and complex historical and contemporary challenges and contradictions

Speaker: Dr. Yoa Graham (Ghana)

Date: 21 November 2024

Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST) 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)

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ABOUT the MOJA – AEHEAN Webinar Series

MOJA, in conversation with adult educators in higher education in Africa, established a network that brings together scholars based in universities across Africa. The idea is that this network (AEHEAN) would grow across all the different regions of the continent. The main purpose of the network is to build relationships, partnerships and solidarity in adult education on the continent.

MOJA intends to facilitate and convene a series of webinar discussion. The purpose of these webinars is to support the development of the intellectual and practical capabilities of educators and their associates involved in the activities relating to the study and practise of community-based learning and education on the African continent. MOJAs intention is to provide opportunities for such learning through developing the network amongst those who are involved and in the hope that the network will itself be generative of further development of these issues. MOJA believes that such a network will support the work of educators in the field, could influence their ideas and practices, their institutions and influence policymakers in this area. Most importantly it would strengthen the work of adult and community education where it is practised.

The purpose of the webinar series is:

• To stimulate a discussion about the relationship between learning, engaged scholarship and community-based education in the context of the development [or under development] and history of the African continent.
• to provide an opportunity to educators in the higher education system drawn from countries in Africa to discuss issues which are pertinent to the work in relation to the issues referred to above.
• to stimulate a greater awareness of the contextual challenges facing communities and learning in such a context.
• to stimulate the development of thinking and the production of engaged scholarly and other forms of writing relating to these issues.
• to unearth useful writings and other materials, such as podcasts, webinars, and audio-visual materials which would be useful for the further development of an understanding of these issues.

MOJA will invite presenters who are familiar and have experience in this area of work and distribute materials which are relevant to each webinar discussion to enable participants to engage with such materials in preparation for the webinars.

To support the purpose outlined above, MOJA has initiated a series of 3 webinars. These, of which this is the final in the series, webinars have been facilitated by MOJA and its associates.

Past webinars in this series:

On adult and community education (ACE) as socially-engaged scholarship.

Ivor Baatjes (Canon Collins Trust)

Building alternatives through socially-useful and engaged scholarship

Enver Motala and Irna Senekal