Teaching
and research in anthropology and sociology in Eastern African universities
Abstract
Seyoum
G. Selassie and El-W. Kameir (eds.),
OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. 141p.
Workshop on the Teaching and Research of Sociology and Anthropology in East
African Universities, Nazareth (Ethiopia), 21-25 April 1986.
Compilation
of papers, selected from those presented at OSSREA workshop whose objective was
to facilitate the exchange of experience among scholars regarding the status of
teaching and research in sociology and anthropology in Eastern African
Universities, which highlight the major determinants of the nature, scope and
prospects of teaching and research in the two disciplines in the region, viz.,
the colonial heritage (except Ethiopia); prevailing political perceptions
regarding the nation-building requirements of countries in the region;
inadequacies of funds and other logistical constraints; and problems related to
the quality of students entering the departments of sociology and anthropology.
After an introductory chapter that summarizes subsequent ones, the first four
chapters deal with issues and problems of teaching in Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania
and Uganda while the remaining four discuss experiences concerning problems of
and opportunities for conducting research in Africa as a whole as well as in
Kenya and Sudan. The papers are titled –“Teaching of Social Sciences at the
Unitlersity of Dar-es-Salaam; The Case for Sociology”,
“The Teaching of Anthropology and Sociology in the Sudan: From
Functionalism to the Era of Interdisciplinary Outlook”, “ The Teaching of
Anthropology and Sociology in Ethiopia”, “The Teaching of and Research in
Industrial Sociology in Makarere University: Problems and Prospects”,”
Anthropological and Sociological Research on Development and Social Change in
the Sudan”, “The Perceived Role of Anthropological Research and Teaching in
Social Change in Kenya”,” Problems of Research in Africa with Special
Reference to Sociology”,” A Review of Selected Research Undertaken as Part
of the Teaching Programme of the Department of Sociology, University of
Nairobi”.