ABSTRACT
This controversial book is an impassioned African response to the racial stereotyping of African people and people of African descent by prominent white scholars. It highlights how the media contributes to the growth of racist ideas, particularly in reporting current events in Africa, and demonstrates how some of America's most revered intellectuals cloak racist ideologies in ostensibly egalitarian discourses. The author seeks to rewrite the image of 'race' in order to show the damage racism can cause serious scholarship.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|34 pages
Of Niam-Niams, Troglodytes, and Unicorns
part Two|45 pages
Africa Unchained: Anthropology, Ideology, and Consciousness in Contemporary Praxis
chapter Chapter Six|3 pages
Ideology and the Consolidation of Racial Prejudice in “Scientific” Racism
chapter Chapter Seven|5 pages
The Hegemony of Racist Ideology: Color, Status, and the Economic Basis of Racism
chapter Chapter Eight|6 pages
Racist Ideology Inventing History: The “Hamitic Myth” and Rwanda-Burundi
chapter Chapter Eleven|6 pages
Male African Pastoralists as Failed Capitalists and as “Owners” of Women
part Three|11 pages
Theoretical Coda