Kenneth King (academic) explained

Kenneth James King (born 1940) is since September 2005 Professor Emeritus of International and Comparative Education at the University of Edinburgh. He is a historian, an Africanist and former Director of the Centre of African Studies (CAS) at Edinburgh. King obtained a Bachelor of Arts Classical Tripos from the University of Cambridge, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the Institute of Education, London. He taught African History at a secondary school in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia,^[1] and earned a PhD degree in African history at the University of Edinburgh in 1968. He then worked at the University of Nairobi before returning to Edinburgh, where he was a Lecturer, Reader and Professor. In 1978 he was seconded for four years to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada.^{[2] [3] [4]} Kenneth King and his wife Pravina King Khilnani were both presented with the 2011/2012 Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK).^[5] King has researched the small scale informal sector (Jua Kali) enterprises in Kenya over a 20-year period, and more recently studied India-Africa cooperation in human resource development, especially in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa, and China's aid policies towards Africa.

Publications

Kenneth King published many journal articles, books and book chapters including:

• Pan-Africanism and Education A Study of Race, Philanthropy and Education in the United States of America and East Africa, Clarendon Press, 1971. Diasporic Africa Press, La Vergne, 2017. .
• Ras Makonnen (Author), Kenneth J. King (Editor): Pan-Africanism from Within, Oxford University Press, 1971.
• The African Artisan, Education and the Informal Sector, Heinemann, London, 1977.
• Jua kali Kenya : change & development in an informal economy 1970-1995, Ohio University Press, Athens 1996.
• with Simon A. McGrath: Enterprise in Africa : between poverty and growth, Intermediate Technology, London, 1999.
• with Simon McGrath: Globalisation, enterprise and knowledge: education, training and development in Africa, Symposium Books, Oxford, 2002.
• with Simon McGrath: Knowledge for development? Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank aid, Zed Books, London, 2004.
• China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa : the case of education & training, James Currey, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2013. African Issues, .^[6]
• Confucius Institutes in Africa. Culture and language without controversy?, book Chapter 6 in Kathryn Batchelor and Xiaoling Zhang (Eds.): China-Africa Relations. Building Images through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation, and Communication, Taylor & Francis, Routledge, London, 2017.^[7]
• Education, Skills and International Cooperation : Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Springer, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, 2019. CERC studies in comparative education 36. (A selection of King's previously published works.)
• with Meera Venkatachalam (Eds): India's Development Diplomacy and Soft Power in Africa, James Currey, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2021.

External links

Sound recording:

• Web site: Kenneth and Pravina King. IRIN News. IRIN interviews Kenneth King, professor emeritus at Edinburgh University and his wife Pravina about his new book, China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa . 2013 . soundcloud.com . IRIN News . 9 September 2022 . Sound recording. Duration 7m:24s.

Videos:

• . Kopfadeyemi Fellowship. Insights from the Research Conference of the LSE Africa Summit (London School of Economics). Duration 4m:51s. 16 May 2016.
• . PSU African Studies. Kenneth King from the University of Edinburgh speaks on "China and India's higher education cooperation with Africa: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power". Duration 1h:42m:06s. 7 May 2021.

Notes and References

1. . Video duration 4m:51s. Kopfadeyemi Fellowship, 16 May 2016. Insights from the Research Conference of the LSE Africa Summit 2016.
2. Web site: Kenneth King Professor Emeritus . sps.ed.ac.uk/staff . University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science . 9 September 2022 .
3. Web site: Kenneth King, The University of Edinburgh, Centre for African Studies (CAS) BA Classical Tripos (Cantab); PGCE (Institute of Education, London); PhD Edinburgh Publications (167) . researchgate.net . 9 September 2022 .
4. Book: Bray, Mark . 2019 . Foreword, in: Kenneth King: Education, Skills and International Cooperation : Comparative and Historical Perspectives. CERC studies in comparative education 36 . Hong Kong, China . Springer Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong . 1–10 .
5. Web site: Outstanding African Studies Award . www.asauk.net/awards-prizes . African Studies Association of the United Kingdom . 9 September 2022 .
6. Web site: Review Article: China's Aid & Soft Power in Africa: The Case of Education and Training. In Handbook of Education in China . Morgan . W. John . May 28, 2014 . 9 September 2022 .
7. Book: Kathryn . Batchelor . Xiaoling . Zhang . China-Africa Relations: Building Images Through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation, and Communication . 26 June 2017 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-351-85806-9 . 6. Confucius Institutes in Africa. Culture and language without controversy?.