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We Come as Members of the Superior Race : Distortions and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa /

Westerners have long represented Africans as "backwards," "primitive," and "unintelligent," distortions which have opened the door for American philanthropies to push their own education agendas in Africa. We Come as Members of the Superior Race discusses the origin and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mfum-Mensah, Obed (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Acknowledgements --   |t Introduction "Dirty Gossip," Transnational Policy Borrowing and Lending, and Education --   |t Part I. Western Distortions and Stereotypes about Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Chapter 1. Theorization and "Africa" in European-American Imaginations --   |t Chapter 2. "Dirty Gossip" and a Different "Africa" in the Global Geopolitical Order --   |t Chapter 3. Architects of European "Dirty Gossip" about Africa --   |t Part II. Effects of Distortions on Education and Development Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Chapter 4. Education and Social Stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Chapter 5. US Philanthropy and Industrial Education for Black Africans --   |t Chapter 6. Philanthropy, Education, and Race Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Chapter 7. A Generation of Slackers and Lazy People Demanding Handouts? --   |t Chapter 8. The Political Economy of Affirmative Action Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Chapter 9. "Dirty Gossip" and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa --   |t Conclusion --   |t References --   |t Index 
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