Education as Liberation: An Appraisal of Canaan Banana’s View on Education

Simangaliso Raymond Kumalo; Honoured  Taruona

doi:10.25159/2412-4265/11852

Authors

Simangaliso Raymond Kumalo University of KwaZulu-Natal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-3281
Honoured Taruona University of KwaZulu-Natal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-8203

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/11852

Keywords:

Canaan Banana, Methodist Church, Zimbabwe, education, liberation

Abstract

Canaan Sodindo Banana, a freedom fighter, statesman, academic and cleric, is arguably the most controversial clergyman from Zimbabwe. He was a polarising figure in both his personal life and academic writings. Much is known about his political legacy, but very little about his educational views. This essay appraises Banana's views on the content and purpose of education in a post-white settler society. The essay employs document analysis to review Banana’s views on education and concludes that his view was that education should liberate and empower the poor, particularly the previously disadvantaged.

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