Education for Barbarism in South Africa, by Tabata

[p025] Slavery Education For Barbarism in South Africa, by I. B. Tabata. Pall Mall Press Ltd., 8s. 6d. The author of this book has for many years been involved in the national liberatory struggle in South Africa. His analysis of ‘ Bantu Education’ is viewed in its relation- ship to the entire system of oppres- the frenzied upholders of white supremacy. He graphically details the barbarous schemes, providing documented evi- dence of ruling class intentions— which are to condition the Africans to accept their position as labourers, cut off from all contemporary amenities. Hence even doctors and

[p026] 24 nurses must receive a different and inferior training. The - book is enlivened by some accounts of the more bizarre aspects of the white man’s thinking, especially in relation to his own destiny. The significance of this work lies in its emphasis on the people’s rejection- of this education for slavery; and in its exposure of the anachronistic nature of the plans. For while the ever-growing complexity of industrial society demands a skilled labour force, the Herrenvolk at the helm are concocting plans for a tribal educa- tion.. This in microcosm is the dilemma of the ruling class. B.T. Old Thinkers