Overview

External forces and African elites impose trusteeship practices on Africans to construct and consolidate hierarchical power relations in African societies that infantilize Africans. They employ “trusteeship” and “organized infantilism” as two-pronged colonial intervention tools to keep Africans in subordinated positions by accepting and internalizing those practices as part of the “normal order of things.” This book takes an interdisciplinary approach for examining these different forms of power relations that exploit and dispossess African societies of their resources to accumulate their own wealth.

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Author:   Obed Mfum-Mensah
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805398431

ISBN 10:   1805398431
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 February 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction:Trusteeship and African Identities in a Flux Part I: Trusteeship, External Forces, and Destabilization of African Identities Chapter 1. Trusteeship in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 2. Framing “Organized Infantilism” and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 3. Muslim Arab Trusteeship and Destabilization of African Identities Chapter 4. Development of European and Western Trusteeship in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 5. Between “Scylla and Charybdis”? Africa-China Relations Chapter 6. Global Governance or Racialized Imperialism? Part II: Contemporary Interventions, Destabilization, and Construction of New African Identities Chapter 7. Institutionalization of Systemic Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 8. State Institutions and Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 9. Space Politics as Identity Politics in Urban Planning Chapter 10. Religious Missionizing or Colonial Intervention? Conclusion References Index

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“This book is one of the most interesting works I have read on Africa. It makes a significant contribution to its diverse literature.” • Martha Donkor, West Chester University

Author Information

Obed Mfum-Mensah is Professor of Sociology of Education at Messiah University, Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently researching on social activism and education policy reforms in southern Africa, postcolonial analysis of education policy and knowledge transfer in sub-Saharan Africa.

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