Published Resources Details Journal Article

Author
Wakholi, P. M.
Title
African cultural education and schooling: towards bicultural competence of African Australian youth
In
Australasian Review of African Studies
Imprint
vol. 31, no. 1, 2010, pp. 82-105
Abstract

This article explores the concept of African Cultural Education Program (ACEP) as a relevant tool for gaining bicultural competence among African migrant descendant youth in Australia. The article proposes that acquisition of biculturally informative knowledge may be facilitated by critical exploration of diverse 'funds of knowledge' associated with the cultural experience and identities of the African Australian youth. ACEP is a Third Space phenomenon through which diverse 'funds of knowledge' may be explored, critically, towards a positively self affirming discourse. The article proposes that formal schooling of African Australians should be complimented by an African Cultural Education Program (ACEP). Such a program involves cultural translators as agents for facilitating dialogue about cultural identity and schooling towards bicultural competence.