Afrocentrism: The school teaching kids to love their African culture
Education in Africa is based on post-colonial curriculums whose content taught little and often skewed African history and culture and its place in the world.
We went to the Children in Freedom School in Kenya to find out how their Afrocentric approach differs from the norm, and how the parents and students have embraced it.
“At first…I was embarrassed to use my African name.”
This is not your ordinary school.
At Children in Freedom school in Nakuru, Kenya, children learn under a curriculum influenced by Afrocentrism which strongly emphasizes learning traditional African languages and history. The founders say they’re preparing black children to “love themselves and know who they are.”