{"product_id":"we-come-as-members-of-the-superior-race-distortions-and-education-policy-discourse-in-sub-saharan-africa-9781789209136","title":"We Come as Members of the Superior Race:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWesterners 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. \u003cem\u003eWe Come as Members of the Superior Race\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is a very good introduction to the connections between education and colonialism, thanks particularly to the author’s mastery of a wide body of scholarly literature.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eWe Come as Members of the Superior Race \u003cem\u003einterrogates European colonialism and neocolonial policies, searching deep into the history of Africans’ encounters with Europeans and the dark ideas that the latter held of Africans as a backdrop for exploring detrimental education policies”.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Martha Donkor\u003c\/strong\u003e, West Chester University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Western Distortions and Stereotypes about Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Theorization and “Africa” in European-American Imaginations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Dirty Gossips” and a Different “Africa” in the Global Geopolitical Order\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Architects of European “Dirty Gossips” about Africa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Effects of Distortions on Education and Development Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Education and Social Stratification in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e American Philanthropy and Industrial Education for Black Africans\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Philanthropy, Education, and Race Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Generation of Slackers and Lazy-People Demanding Handouts?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Political Economy of Affirmative Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Dirty Gossip” and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042567749975,"sku":"9781789209136","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789209136.jpg?v=1750954678","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-come-as-members-of-the-superior-race-distortions-and-education-policy-discourse-in-sub-saharan-africa-9781789209136","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}