Dr. Patrick Makokoro is a social entrepreneur, educational researcher with extensive experience working in community and international development. He practices as a development consultant with research interests in community development, social justice, early childhood education, child protection, policy advocacy, and government relations. Dr. Makokoro has worked to establish and strengthen early childhood development advocacy networks in Africa and globally, while creating opportunities for leadership capacity development in the early childhood sector. 

A well published pracademic, he has research and practice interests in:

• Early Childhood Development and Indigenous Knowledge
• Early Childhood Development Networking, Leadership and Policy Advocacy
• Early Childhood Development in sub-Saharan Africa
• Decolonizing ECD, the perspectives of Indigenous and First Nation Communities
• Eco-cultural leadership in the early years

Some of his recent select publications include:

Books

• • Makokoro. P. (2025) HuUbuntu – I Am Because We Are – Community Resilience. HuUbuntu Books.
  • Makokoro. P. (2024) Nhaka Yenyu, Your Inheritance. A Memoir. Tellwell Publishers.
  • Makokoro. (2024) Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom. Early Childhood Development Networks in Africa. Exchange Press.
  • Makokoro. P. (2024) HuUbuntu – I Am Because We Are. HuUbuntu Children’s Book Series. Tellwell Publishers.
  • Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (2023). Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future. UNESCO.

 Chapters in Books

• • Makokoro, P., & Misana, L. (2024) Educational inequality and community-based intervention strategies. In C, Okeke, Mncanca M, Koen M, Ebrahim H. (2024) Early Childhood Professional Development: An African Perspective. Juta & Company Publishers.
  • Makokoro, P. (2023) The Rise of ECD Networks in Africa. In Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (Eds.) Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future
  • Myers, R., Evans, J., & Makokoro, P. (2023) The Consultative Group and the Twelve Who Survived. In Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (Eds.) Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future
  • Makokoro, P & Tchombe, TM. (2023) African Perspectives and Afrocentrism. In Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (Eds.) Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future
  • Makokoro, P & Diawara, R. (2023) African ECD Networks: From Two to One. In Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (Eds.) Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future
  • Eming, M. & Makokoro, P. (2023) Key Influencers, seen and not seen. In Pence, AR., Makokoro, P., Barry, O & Ebrahim, HB. (Eds.) Sankofa in time of COVID: Reflections on Early Childhood Education, Care and Development in Africa – Past, Present & Future.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Dr. Patrick Makokoro has a BA in Community Development from the University of South Africa, a Post Graduate Diploma in International Youth and Child Care from the University of Victoria, an MSc in Development Studies from the Women’s University of Africa. He has a PhD in Educational Studies (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of Victoria, Canada.

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