Mariannhill Mission and African education, 1882-1915.
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1993
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Abstract
In 1880 a group of 31 Trappist monks arrived in South Africa for
the first time. Two years later they founded the now famous
Mariannhill mission in the vicinity of Pinetown, west of Durban.
The purpose of this thesis is to trace the history of the
Mariannhill mission, with particular reference to its
contribution to African education. The thesis examines the
policies of education at Mariannhill schools, and aims to
illustrate the fact that despite the invaluable contribution that
missionaries made to African education, their achievements were
often marred by their usual practice of subordinating education
to religious concerns. The study covers the period between 1882,
when Mariannhill mission was established, and 1915, when St.
Francis College came into being. The intended aims and goals of
the missionaries at Mariannhill will be outlined, their obstacles
investigated and their overall success and failure assessed.
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Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1993.
Keywords
St. Francis' College (Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal), Theses--History., Mariannhill missionaries--Educational work., Missions--KwaZulu-Natal--Educational work., Blacks--Education--KwaZulu-Natal.