The Legacy of Lalage Bown: An Inclusive and Post-colonial Vision for Adult Learning and Education Maria Slowey Dublin City University, Ireland Heribert Hinzen Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany Michael Omolewa University of Ibadan, Nigeria Michael Osborne University of Glasgow, United Kingdom This is a section of Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4) by Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa, Michael Osborne Firenze University Press Florence 2023 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4.05

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This chapter introduces the work of Lalage Bown: a highly influential practitioner, researcher and activist who was passionately committed to the role which adult education could play in supporting social justice aims. The four main themes of the book are outlined: adult education and social justice; decolonisation, post-colonialism and indigenous knowledge; from literacy to lifelong learning; and, policy development and supporting future generations of adult educators.

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