Acknowledgements
Firstly, I want to give thanks to God for given me the ability and good health to complete this book project.
Likewise, I wish to acknowledge the University of Pretoria, the dean of Education faculty, Professor Chika Sehoole, and Head, Education Management and Policy Studies, Professor Everard Weber for providing the environment that assisted in the completion of this book.
I want to thank Peter de Liefde from Sense (the Netherlands) for working with me on this book since October 2016, when I first submitted the proposal. Furthermore, thanks to John Bennett from Brill (Boston) who took over and arranged for the peer-review for the proposal. The process of peer-review was very useful and has helped to improve the content of the book. Essentially, thanks to Brill Sense for agreeing to publish the work. I also would like to thank Alexa Barnby for doing the language editing, Ophélie Dangbégnon, my doctoral student who assisted in proofreading and technical editing, and Jolanda Karada for providing excellent editorial support.
Last but not least, I want to specially, thank my wife, Mary Margaret Adeyemo, and son, Emmanuel Ife Adeyemo for their moral and emotional support that helped me to remain focussed and productive in my work. Also thanks to my parents, Revered AO and Revered (Mrs) Deboral O. Adeyemo for their prayers and continuous support of my career.