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In this essay, I attempt to present a coherent meaning of collective transformative learning and examine how and why collective transformative learning (CTL) occurred from African religious beliefs to Christian beliefs among the people in the south of Nigeria, and what supported the process.
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Mejiuni, O. (2017). Sustaining Collective Transformative Learning. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_17
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