TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moustapha Fall
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433153457
TI  - Re-thinking the Literacy Divide in Language Education in Senegal
DO  - 10.3726/b13204
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1062206
N2  - This book examines literacy education in Senegal. It assesses some of the impacts of French policies on the overall Senegalese system of education, including some of the language policies championed by a cohort of Senegalese authorities from 1960 until 2012. It begins with a definition of the concept of literacy education in general to briefly set the scene of the early resistance this encountered in West Africa particularly in Senegal. It discusses the major language policies undertaken by presidents Leopold Sedar Senghor, Abdou Diouf, and Abdoulaye Wade. Finally, the book assesses the major impacts of France's literacy policies on the current system of education in Senegal and proposes solutions on how to help Senegal and the rest of the West African countries put in place a rigorous literacy education that benefits their population.
LA  - English
ER  -