My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Occupation	High School Teacher
Location	Mandurah, Western Australia
Introduction	I am the author of 'African Cultural Education and the African Youth in Western Australia: Experimenting with the Ujamaa Circle (2008)' and several other publications. My research interests include Ethnicity and the Arts; Sociology of schooling towards bicultural competence of African migrant descendants; Arts festivals as a context for negotiating cultural identity; and Education for Cultural Inclusivity. I am an experienced secondary school educator; Researcher and Arts Based Education Facilitator/Researcher. My Ph.D. is in the field of Arts Education. My professional interests are: to facilitate training towards intercultural understanding and cultural competence; in particular Arts-Based Educational Research Practices in the context of Citizenship, Social Policy and Transnational Belonging.
Interests	Arts in particular Music, Theatre and Dance, Reading, Writing and Cooking.
Favorite movies	Mandela, Steve Biko, Malcolm X
Favorite music	African music, Reggae, Rythmn and Blues,Rhumba, Jazz, Calypso.
Favorite books	Things Fall Apart, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Afrocentricity, Migration and Identity, The Story of Africa,Black Skin White Masks, African Religions in Western Scholarship, African Religions and Philosophy and The Challenge of Africa.