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Johnson, Ane Turner; Mbah, Marcellus Forh – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
The most recent incarnation of development goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), call for a more intentional integration of higher education in development. Research can provide an avenue by which this done, developing relevant solutions to social problems. But who benefits from research, and whose knowledge counts in this process?…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, African Culture, College Faculty, Environmental Education
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Long, Elenore; Fye, Nyillan; Jarvis, John – Community Literacy Journal, 2012
This article analyzes a group of Gambian-American college writers creating an alternative public to challenge the patronizing norms operating in prevailing "aid-to-Africa" rhetorics. These young rhetors evoked performative genres and hybrid discourses so that members of their local public (the African nationals, African American…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, African Culture, Behavior Standards, Foreign Countries
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Allen, Keisha McIntosh; Jackson, Iesha; Knight, Michelle G. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2012
This study presents findings from a case study of 18 second- and 1.5-generation West African immigrants. We draw upon notions of elusive culture and indigenous knowledges to highlight participants' complex cultural identities and respond to anti-immigration discourses through positioning West African immigrant students as assets in American…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Immigrants, African Culture, Case Studies