Subjects of future issues
Volume 13, no. 2. Education for development and responsibilityWith the recent change towards a multi-party system in Kenya, much greater emphasis has been placed by civil society on the education of citizens so that they may be able to play a more responsible role in the election process. However, an educated citizenry is necessary for many other reasons, for instance, so that all members of society may have the opportunity to have a say in their own development. In this issue we will look not only at the role which formal education plays in preparing people to be responsible citizens, but also at the efforts being expended by various bodies to raise the literacy level of Kenya's population as well as to educate them to know their rights and their responsibilities. We will tackle such concepts as: Education for all, basic education; Education for development and self-reliance; Education for responsibility: traditional and modern; Has the 8-4-4 educational system taught Kenyans to think? Ethics and social education: an evaluation; The legacy of Paolo Freire.Deadline: May 15 1998
Volume 13, no. 3. AIDS revisitedThe number of people who are HIV positive or who are living with AIDS continues to rise every year. Especially tragic is the case of children afflicted with this scourge as well as of those who have become orphaned on account of the fact that their parents have died of AIDS. In this issue we wish to approach topics such as: The stigma of AIDS; Help for the afflicted; The economic causes of AIDS; The social and cultural aspects of the epidemic; Dealing with the orphans; Community approaches to AIDS; Why has the AIDS epidemic not been attacked with the seriousness it deserves?Deadline: July 30 1998
Volume 13, no. 3 Interreligious dialogue in Eastern AfricaDr. Konrad Raiser, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, speaking at a symposium in Germany early in March this year, said that he was convinced that greater religious pluralism would be a characteristic of the 21st century. But there was a growing danger that religious affiliation would be misused to legitimise political, national or ethnic interests. "Therefore the demand for interreligious encounter and cooperation is indispensable for the society of the future." Dr. Raiser added. "Christian churches must work with a certain urgency to overcome their own deep-seated reservations and inhibitions about interreligious dialogue."Although some interreligious dialogue is taking place in Eastern Africa, the "deep-seated reservations" that Dr. Raiser mentions are very much part of the picture in our area. In this issue, we wish to look into the possibilities for interreligious dialogue in our region as well as into the obstacles preventing interreligious encounters. Deadline: October 15 1998
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