Staying power: Remembering A. Bame Nsamenang. Issue 4 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pence, Alan
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychology in Africa. Volume 29:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 328
• Page End: 334
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Nsamenang -- Africa -- early childhood education -- care and development (ECD) -- child development; Psychology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Latin America -- Periodicals; Black people -- Latin America -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Black people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 155.8496
• DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2019.1647954
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-0237

Abstract

Abstract : Bame Nsamenang was an exceptional force for Africa's children, seeking to have their lived experience be heard and appreciated globally. Bame identified early in his career a dearth in the African-led and African-conceptualized child development (CD) literature and commenced to address that void. Over time, he addressed as well similar weaknesses in the early childhood education, care and development (ECD) literature becoming an inspiration to a younger generation of African scholars and a beacon for those who questioned the universality of dominant discourses in both the CD and the ECD literatures. While his time with us was shorter than expected, his contributions will be long standing.