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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955775403321

Autore

Doh Emmanuel Fru

Titolo

Stereotyping Africa : surprising answers to surprising questions / / Emmanuel Fru Doh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, c2009

ISBN

9786613004864

9781283004862

1283004860

9789956579020

9956579025

9789956579006

9956579009

9789956615476

9956615471

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

305.80096

Soggetti

Culture

Africa Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Part One. The Introduction: On Painting a Portrait; Part Two. Questions and Answers; Attitude; Age; Children; Colonialism; Communication; Crime; Death; The Diaspora; Economy; Education; Family; Fashion; Geography; Habits/Cultural Practices; Health; Housing; Judiciary; Landscape; Languages; Nutrition/Eating Habits; Occupation; Politics/Government; Religion; Sexuality; Sports; Music; Technology; Transportation; Utilities; Men and Women; Part Three. The Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Characteristically, Africans in any Western country are asked so many different questions about ""Africa,"" as Westerners love to refer to the many countries that make up that huge continent, as if Africa were a



single nation state. So one begins wondering why it is that Africans, on the other hand, do not refer to individual European countries as ""Europe"" simply, then the trends and consequences of stereotyping begin setting in just as one is getting used to being asked if Africa has a president, or if one can say something in African. It is some of these questions that Emmanuel Fru Doh has