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    Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South
    (African Minds, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project., 2017) Edited by Williams, Cheryl Hodgkinson; Edited Arinto, Patricia
    The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project was proposed to investigate in what ways and under what circumstances the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) could address the increasing demand for accessible, relevant, high-quality and affordable education in the Global South. The project was originally intended to focus on post-secondary education, but the scope was expanded to include basic education teachers and government funding when it launched in 2013. In 2014, the research agenda was further expanded to include the potential impact of OER adoption and associated Open Educational Practices (OEP). ROER4D was funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Open Society Foundations (OFS), and built upon prior research undertaken by a previous IDRC-funded initiative, the PAN Asia Networking Distance and Open Resources Access (PANdora) project. This chapter presents the overall context in which the ROER4D project was located and investigated, drawing attention to the key challenges confronting education in the Global South and citing related studies on how OER can help to address these issues. It provides an abbreviated history of the project and a snapshot of the geographic location of the studies it comprises, the constituent research agendas, the methodologies adopted and the research-participant profile. It also provides an overview of the other 15 chapters in this volume and explains the peer review process.
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    The African Woman as an Agent of Evangelization: Her Role and Function in the Mission Activity of the Church in Africa
    (Shaker, 2009-12) Mwania, Patrick
    In this book which is a product of doctoral dissertation presented to the Faculty of Theology of the Philosophisch-theologische Hochschule, St. Augustine, Germany, the author, Patrick Mwania, underscores the fact that African women have not only been beneficiaries of the Good News of salvation but, equally and faithfully so, carriers and agents of the same. The book reviews the Church in Africa in terms of her efforts at evangelization, especially in relation to the role women play as agents of evangelization.
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    Marriage and Family In African Christianity
    (Acton Publishers, 2004) Sahaya, Selvam; Kyomo, Andrew
    Many Christian Families in Africa are in crisis. The crisis is about how to face change. Christian missionary activities, colonialism, westernization, urbanization, and other contemporary factors have destabilized African families and communities almost to destruction. The question is, will African families succumb to modernity or will they re-emerge with alternative stronger family structures? Every crisis is a challenge and an opportunity. It is a challenge because the old models are no longer feasible in the changing social environment. The pangs of this re-birth generate great anxiety. It is an opportunity because something more beautiful may eventually emerge. Our own creative reflections, discussions and assessments are vital contributions towards the reconstruction of African families. The Tanzanian Theological Colloquium (TTC) focused on this crisis during the Third session in Lyamungo, Moshi, in June 2002. TTC is an ecumenical circle of theologians. Most of them are in academic work, and the rest are pastors. The book deals with the theme of Christian marriage from both the doctrinal and the pastoral perspectives. It is both deductive and inductive in approach. Biblical exegesis is invoked at the same time that local experiences are cited for illustration and elaboration. The book takes both analysis and synthesis seriously. It is Pastoral in scope, and at the same time, biblical in emphasis. The contributors belong to a wide spectrum of Christian denominations. However, the views they express are based on their respective research, not necessarily echoing the official policy of their respective churches.
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    Something Good From Africa: Enriching World Christianity with African Wisdom
    (Orbis Books, 1999) Healey, Joseph
    Two American missionaries with a combined experience of 75 years in Africahave come up with a model of spreading the Gospel by using parallels fromAfrican oral traditions. "One who sees something good must narrate it," says an Ugandan proverb. The following true story comes from Kilimambogo, near Nairobi in Kenya, East Africa and is taken from Towards An African Narrative Theology