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Electrical engineering at the University of Asmara, Eritrea
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Abstract The author attended the University of Asmara as an electrical engineering lecturer from January to July, 1997. This paper reviews Eritrean history leading to the re-establishment of the University in 1991 and describes the author's experience of the interaction of the teaching process with the local culture.
1 INTRODUCTION I attended the University of Asmara as an electrical engineering lecturer for the period January to July 1997. The experience was a convincing, rewarding, and at times frustrating, demonstration that lecturers must be responsive to the cultural background of their ...
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