We Come as Members of the Superior Race

Distortions and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-913-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mfum-Mensah, Obed

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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

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

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

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

Part II: Effects of Distortions on Education and Development Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Chapter 5. American 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 Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Conclusion

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Mfum-Mensah, Obed
Obed Mfum-Mensah is Professor of Sociology of Education at Messiah University at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. His research includes postcolonial analysis of education policy and knowledge transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa, education of marginalized groups, curriculum theorizing, and alternative forms of schooling in the developing world.