DOCUMENT RESUME ED 453 359 CE 081 672 AUTHOR Indabawa, Sabo A., Ed.; Oduaran, Akpovire, Ed.; Afrik, Tai, Ed.; Walters, Shirley, Ed. TITLE The State of Adult and Continuing Education in Africa. SPONS AGENCY German Adult Education Association, Bonn (Germany). Inst. for International Cooperation. ISBN ISBN-99916-53-33-3 PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 269p. AVAILABLE FROM Department of Adult and Nonformal Education, Faculty of Education, University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Republic of Namibia. e-mail: sindabawa@unam.na or akisani2000@yahoo.com. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Information Analyses (070) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Access to Education; *Adult Education; Adult Learning; *Adult Literacy; Annotated Bibliographies; Case Studies; Change Strategies; *Continuing Education; Cultural Differences; Cultural Pluralism; Definitions; Delivery Systems; Distance Education; Economic Climate; Educational Attitudes; Educational Change; Educational History; *Educational Needs; *Educational Policy; Educational Research; Educational Resources; *Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Illiteracy; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; Lifelong Learning; Literacy Education; Needs Assessment; Nonformal Education; Open Education; Policy Formation; Political Attitudes; Postsecondary Education; Research Needs; State of the Art Reviews; Training; Trend Analysis; Womens Education IDENTIFIERS *Africa; Germany; Learning Society ABSTRACT This document contains 21 papers examining the state of adult and continuing education in Africa. The following papers are included: "Introduction: An Overview of the State of Adult and Continuing Education in Africa" (Akpovire Oduaran); "Setting the Tone of Adult and Continuing Education in Africa" (Michael A. Omolewa); "Significant Post Independence Developments in Adult and Continuing Education in Africa" (Tai Afrik); "Research and Scholarship in Adult and Continuing Education in Africa" (Akpovire Oduaran); "From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning in Southern Africa over the Last Twenty Years" (Shirley Walters, Kathy Watters); "The State of Adult and Continuing Education in Botswana" (Gbolagade Adekanmbi, Oitshepile Modise); "Creating a Knowledge Society through Distance and Open Learning in Cameroon" (Ajaga Nji); "The State of Adult Literacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo" (Ikete E. Belotsi, Muntumosi Atukimba); "Research Priorities in Adult and Continuing Education in Kenya" (Florida A. Karani); "The State of Adult and Continuing Education in Lesotho" (Lephoto H. Manthoto, Dele Braimoh, and A. Adeola); "The State of Adult and Continuing Education in Madagascar" (Violette Rabakoarivelo, Rakotozafy-Harisson, Solo Randriamahaleo); "Diversity of Adult and Nonformal Education Provisions in Namibia" (Sabo A. Indabawa); "Continuing Education Policy Provisions and Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.