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Book SynopsisAre we living in a post-colonial world? A colonial one? An anti-colonial one? Lifting the veil from language and politics,
Anti-Colonial Theory and Decolonial Praxis uses case studies from around the world to explore and untangle these concepts as they relate to education. The anti-colonial prism is very much connected to the postcolonial lens but these frameworks are not the same. Building upon earlier works, this book takes up the subject of anti-colonial praxis and its specific implicationsthe larger questions of schooling and education in global and, particularly, Diasporic contexts. The goal is to re-theorize the anti-colonial for the decolonial projects of transforming schooling and education in a broadly defined way. Beyond explaining these ideas, this book demonstrates ways communities are engaging in praxis as a form of anti-colonial change in a wide range of locations. Incorporating case studies from various locations and Diasporic communitiesincluding Somalia, Canad
Table of ContentsGeorge J. Sefa Dei/Meredith Lordan: Introduction: Envisioning New Meanings, Memories and Actions for Anti-Colonial Theory and Decolonial Praxis – Emily A. Moorhouse: Who Needs Hybridity? An Anti-Colonial, Feminist Theorization of Mixed Race – Yessica D. Rostan: Erasing Colonial Lines Between Humxn and Nature: Mobilizing Settlers – Christopher L. Cully: Against All Authority: Critical Convergences in Anarchist and Anti-Colonial Theory – umar umangay: Anti-Colonial and Decolonizing Meaning Making of Colonialism Through the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey – Cristina Jaimungal: A Race to Whiteness: Revealing the Colonial Structure of English Language Education—What Kind of Education for All? – Muna-Udbi Abdulkadir Ali: Unsettling the "Failed State": An Anti-Racist Approach to the State and State Formation—a Study of Somalia–Chizoba Imoka: Student Engagement Experiences in Nigerian Private Secondary Schools: An Anti-Colonial and Student-Centered Analysis – Annette Bazira-Okafor: Indigeneity and Resistance in Hip Hop and Lived Experiences of Youth of African Descent in Canada – Suleyman M. Demi: Black African-Aboriginal Coalitions for Decolonization Struggles: The Missing Links – Mischa Berlin: Objects of Settlement: Excavating Colonial Narratives – Stacey Papernick: Understanding Ideological and Structural Forms of Colonial Dominance: Jamaican Migrant Farmworkers Within Global Capitalism – Rebekah Tannis-Johnson: Awanduni (Resistance): A Process of Indigeneity and Decolonization—(Re)identification and Cultural Revival of the Garifuna in St. Vincent and the Diaspora – Contributors
