Kenneth King
Professor
social science
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Kenneth King Professor Emeritus Edinburgh UK
Research Interest
Kenneth’s research interests over the years have focused on the history and politics of education, skills development in both the formal and informal sectors of the economy and on aid policy towards all sub-sectors of education, including higher education. He has researched the small scale Jua Kali enterprises in Kenya over a 20 year period. His current research is on China-Africa cooperation in human resource development, especially in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa. He is also coordinating research on skills-and-poverty reduction in Ghana, India and Pakistan.
Publications
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The African Artisan, Education and the Informal Sector, Heinemann, London, 1977.
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Pan-Africanism from Within, co-author with T Ras Makonnen, Oxford University Press, Nairobi 1972.
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PanAfricanism and Education Oxford Studies in African Affairs, Clarendon, Oxford, 1971.
