We come as members of the superior race : distortions and education policy discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa / Obed Mfum-Mensah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mfum-Mensah, Obed, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Education.

Education and state--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; Oxford, UK : Berghahn, [2021]

Summary:

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 history of these dangerous stereotypes and western “infantilization” of African societies, exploring how their legacy continues to inform contemporary educational and development discourses. By viewing African societies as subordinated in a global geopolitical order, these problematic stereotypes continue to influence education policy and research in Sub-Sahara Africa today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction “Dirty Gossip,” Transnational Policy Borrowing and Lending, and Education

Part I. Western Distortions and Stereotypes about Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 1. Theorization and “Africa” in European-American Imaginations

Chapter 2. “Dirty Gossip” and a Different “Africa” in the Global Geopolitical Order

Chapter 3. Architects of European “Dirty Gossip” about Africa

Part II. Effects of Distortions on Education and Development Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 4. Education and Social Stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 5. US Philanthropy and Industrial Education for Black Africans

Chapter 6. Philanthropy, Education, and Race Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 7. A Generation of Slackers and Lazy People Demanding Handouts?

Chapter 8. The Political Economy of Affirmative Action Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 9. “Dirty Gossip” and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-167-5

1-78920-914-5

OCLC:

1347247656