Abstrak
Education and Cultural Change in Northern Nigeria 1906-1966, examines the effects of British educational policies on traditional northern Nigerian society. Fearing that a proper education would lead to active discontent in the colony, the British devised a limited form of schooling which was designed to produce just enough trained people to serve the colonial bureaucracy without stirring up dangerous Islamic ambitions. 'Western education on native lines' was the brainchild of successive governors and officials at the colonial office who apparently considered independence as a remote possibility, only achievable in the very distant future. Their short-sighted attitudes seriously hindered the economic development of the region, with consequences that are still recognisable today. In each chapter, Professor Tibenderana gives the background to the changing educational structures together with details of the different levels of education provided.