Both
sides must work to eradicate the historical and untenable
climate of "them and us". African British
parents must empower themselves to become more involved
with schools while supplementing their children's cultural
education to stop disengagement. And educational institutions
must proactively embrace parent interaction, while reversing
the corrosive effect of a Eurocentric curriculum being
imposed on a young Africentric identity.
Toyin Agbetu
The Ligali Organisation
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