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Dialogic pedagogy has diverse roots, including the emancipatory approach of Paulo Freire, the Russian dialogism of Mikhail Bakhtin and his circle and American traditions of progressivism and pragmatism, and critical pedagogy. The life and work of Nelson Mandela, together with compatriots such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Steven Bantu Biko and Beyers Naude, and informed by the historic influence of figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Sol Plaatje, Albert Luthuli, Helen Joseph and Bram Fischer, point towards a South African contribution to dialogic education.
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Rule, P. (2017). Nelson Mandela and Dialogic Lifelong Learning. In: Soudien, C. (eds) Nelson Mandela. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-908-9_4
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