1 -  The Challenges of Anti-racist Education Research in the African Context*: by George J Sefa Dei

George J Sefa Dei

doi:10.57054/ad.v19i3.2580

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Vol. 19 No. 3 (1994): Africa Development

Issue Published : February 4, 2022

1 - The Challenges of Anti-racist Education Research in the African Context*

by George J Sefa Dei

https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v19i3.2580

George J Sefa Dei

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Toronto, O.I.S.E, University of Toronto, Ontario

Corresponding Author(s) : George J Sefa Dei

gdei@oise.utoronto.ca

Africa Development, Vol. 19 No. 3 (1994): Africa Development
Article Published : July 10, 1994

Abstract

Cet article traite des défis auxquels la recherche et l'éducation anti-racistes doivent faire face dans le contexte africain L'auteur y indique les points sur lesquels l'attention des étudiants, éducateurs et chercheurs intéressés à poursuivre une éducation anti-raciste et à mener une recherche dans l'environnement social africain doit se porter en priorité. Parmi ces points figurent le changement des programmes, le discours et la pédagogie à l ' intérieur de la classe, le caractère approprié de la recherche ainsi que les rapports entre les problèmes d'égalité des thèmes par l'éducation, de liberté universitaire, de droits de l'homme et d'éducation anti-raciste. La contribution de l'auteur est de montrer comment une éducation anti-raciste peut éclairer les intérêts académiques et de recherche des éducateurs et participer ainsi à la lutte pour le pouvoir politique la justice sociale et le développement social de tous les peuples africains.

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George J Sefa Dei 1994. 1 - The Challenges of Anti-racist Education Research in the African Context*: by George J Sefa Dei. Africa Development. 19, 3 (Jul. 1994). DOI:https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v19i3.2580.

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Amin, S, 1989, Eurocentrism: Critique of an Ideology, New York, Monthly Review Press. Asante, M, 1980 'Afrocentricity and Culture', in M, Asante and K, W, Asante (eds), African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity, Trenton, N.J., Africa World Press, pp. 3-12.

---,1987, The Afrocentric ldea, Philadelphia, Temple University Press.

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---,1990, Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge, Trenton, N.J., Africa World Press. Askins, W, 1991, 'Teaching Within an Anti-Racist Framework: Unwrapping the American Museum of Natural History', Transfonning Anthropology 2(1): 28-30. Banton, l'vl, 1987, Racial Theories, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Bloom, A, D, 1987, The closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy, New York, Simon and Schuster.

Bolaria, B, S, and P, S, Li, 1988, Racial Oppression in Canada, Toronto. Garamond Press.

Bolles, A, L, 1991, 'Missionary Work Among Heirs of Privilege: Anthropology as Experiential Learning', Transfonning Anthropology, 2(1): 6-8.

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Butler, J, 198( Black Studies, Pedagogy and Rcvolution, Washington, University of America Press.

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Casey, G, 1991, 'Racism, Anger, and Empowennent: Teaching Anthropology in a Multi-Racial Working Class Environment', Transfunning Anthrupology, 2(1) 9-15.

Collins, P, H, 1986, 'Lcaming from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Signification of Black Feminist Thought', Social Problems, 33(16): 14-32.

---,1990, Black Feminist Thought, London, Harper Collins Academic.

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Dei, G, J, S, 1990a, 'Deforestation in a Ghanaian Rural Community', Anthropologica, 32(1): 3-28.

---, 1990b, 'Indigenous Knowledge and Economie Production', Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 24(1): 1-20.

---, 1992a, 'Afrocentricity and Critical Peda@gy. (Submitted for consideration for publication, Interchange).

Author Biography

George J Sefa Dei, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Toronto, O.I.S.E, University of Toronto, Ontario

George Jerry Sefa Dei is a professor at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. He is known for his anti-racist research, particularly on anti-racist approaches to education. He is also known for his advocacy for African-focused schools in Canada. In 2007, he was installed as the chief (Adumakwaahene) of the town of Asokore, Ghana.