The primary interests of this work are the links between society and culture; indigenous education and culture; and cultural diversity and western education. Education and culture in Nigeria are situated in historical context, and against a background of a rapidly globalising world, where cultures are drawing close to one another, and the need for tolerance of diversity is paramount. 282pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.

A collection of papers given at a 2002 symposium in Nigeria. Examining Izon language historical perspective, and potential for educational and language development. App, selected refs and notes, viii, 90pp, NIGERIA. ONYOMA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS.

An introduction to the problems, policies and practices of school management in Nigeria. The author, who has held been involved in educational commitees for the Nigerian government and the UN, examines management problems, personnel administration, finance, and curriculum development amongst other important issues. Index, bib, apps, notes, tables, figs, vi, 290pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION.

Long delayed publication (announced 2000) of a collection of essays that reflect upon the earlier role of the university as an institutional of international renown and influential in shaping Nigeria's history; and the present state of depleted academic departments and inadequate libraries; and they describe how the university is suffering from the Africa-wide brain-drain and a chronic lack of funding. The essays further demonstrate how the historical development of the university has largely rested upon the mostly detrimental and at times disastrous attitude and actions of the Nigerian State; and that the history of the university is inseparable from the history of the country. Index, 458pp, NIGERIA. IBADAN U P.

Access to university education in Africa was inadequate during the colonial period. With independence various African countries moved away from the elitist colonial education system by embarking on programs designed to provide education to all regardless of class, ethnicity, or creed. Nowhere in Africa has the question of access to university education reached such a crescendo of concern and posed such as challenge to the polity, as in Nigeria. In illuminating the history of massification of university education in Nigeria, Anyanwu makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the challenges of nation building in multi-ethnic and religious societies in Africa and demonstrates that the intractable issues in Africa's university education system such as academic quality, relevance, funding, and unemployment flow from the creation and adoption of the massification system. 300pp, CANADA. UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY PRESS.

Published for the National Universities Commission in Nigeria, this book is the outcome of a National Summit on Higher Education in 2002. It is a multi-contributory publication covering the breadth and depth of the problems implicated in the higher education system. The contributors recommend: the necessity of high-level government interest in education reforms; the impor-tance of university autonomy and academic freedom; the need for both the public and private sectors to support higher education; the need for substantial hikes in government funding for higher education; the participation of stakeholders in policy-making for higher education; and the precondition of good government and democracy for the success of the sector. 715pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

Argues that campus cultism pervades Nigerian higher educational institutions, producing a culture of fear and speculation and hindering academic pursuits. Proposes solutions to combat cultism, but maintains that any solutions must be accompanied by a general overhaul of the country's inefficient and kleptocratic systems. Index, 109pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION.