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 a Superior Race discusses the origin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mfum-Mensah, Obed, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Temas:
Education > Social aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Education and state > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Educational assistance > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique subsaharienne.
Aide à l'éducation > Afrique subsaharienne.
Stéréotypes > Afrique subsaharienne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
Education and state
Education > Social aspects
Educational assistance
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Dirty gossips", transnational policy borrowing and lending, and education
  • Part I. Western distortions and stereotypes about Sub-Saharan Africa. Theorization and "Africa" in European-American imaginations
  • "Dirty gossips" and a different "Africa" in the global geopolitical order
  • Architects of European "dirty gossips" about Africa
  • Part II. Effects of distortions on education and development discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Education and social stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • US philanthropy and industrial education for Black Africans
  • Philanthropy, education, and race relations in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • A generation of slackers and lazy people demanding handouts?
  • The political economy of affirmative action initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • "Dirty gossip" and education policy discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Conclusion.

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