Emerging Issues in Tertiary Education in Africa

Vongai Z. Nyawo

Abstract


Phew! Finally I am here. I am in Nigeria. A country I dreamt to
visit a long time ago. I am impressed by the people of Nigeria and
their rich culture; their kola nut and their languages. I never
imagined that a simple meeting with Rev. Fr. Prof J. Obi
Oguejiofor would actually bring me to Nigeria. I met Prof Obi at
a conference on philosophy in Cotonou, Benin end of November
2017 and we talked about many things including the demise of
Robert Mugabe who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, unfortunately
(or fortunately), as Chinua Achebe would say, Things [fell] Apart
for him. Many unimagined things had taken place in a short space
of time in that Southern African country just that November.
Another November has passed, comparably uneventful. Today,
am happy to be here at Professor Ezenwa-Ohaeto Resource
Centre’s Maiden International Conference all the way from
Zimbabwe to deliberate on emerging issues in tertiary education
in Africa. There could not have been a more apt theme for this
conference. It is a suitable theme in line with the Africa of today
and how the tertiary education sector has been disturbed.


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