International Philanthropic Support for African Education: The Complex Interplay of Ideologies and Western Foreign Policy Agenda [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) (17th, Pomorie, Bulgaria, Jun 2019).

Autor/in	Mfum-Mensah, Obed
Titel	International Philanthropic Support for African Education: The Complex Interplay of Ideologies and Western Foreign Policy Agenda [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) (17th, Pomorie, Bulgaria, Jun 2019).
Quelle	(2019), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Policy; Philanthropic Foundations; Educational Development; Social Stratification; Blacks; Political Influences; Racial Relations; Ideology; North Americans; Racial Bias; Whites; Foreign Countries; Global Education; Educational History; Christianity; Western Civilization; Correlation; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Außenpolitik; Philanthropismus; Bildungsentwicklung; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Black person; Schwarzer; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ideologie; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; White; Weißer; Ausland; Globales Lernen; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Christentum; Korrelation; Afrika
Abstract	Beginning in the nineteenth century, a plethora of western Christian and secular philanthropies introduced "top-down" philanthropic initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa to promote education and "development". There seems to be a complex link between the agendas of international philanthropies and their home governments' broader foreign policy frameworks. This paper discusses American philanthropies' educational initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from the 1920s to the end of the twentieth century. The paper focuses on four American philanthropies namely, Phelps-Stokes Fund, Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. It argues that American philanthropies' education initiatives helped to push the United States foreign policy agenda of transplanting adapted education in SSA, extending the social stratification of Black Africans in the global geopolitical processes, and promoting race relations. The agenda was promoted within the framework of White racial superiority and American "idealism" which the philanthropies presented as "development" after nations in SSA attained independence. [For the complete Volume 17 proceedings, see ED596826.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Blvd Shipchenski prohod 69 A, 1574 Sofia, Bulgaria. e-mail: info@bces-conference.org; Web site: http://www.bces-conference.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01