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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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2021]
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 198 Seiten)
ISBN:9781789209143
DOI:10.1515/9781789209143

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