Mistaking Africa

by Keim, Curtis A.

• ISBN13: 9780813335094
• ISBN10: 0813335094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-15
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

"For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions"

Author Biography

Curtis Keim teaches African history, politics, and culture at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA. Together with Enid Schildkrout, he is the author of African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire and editor of The Scramble for Art in Central Africa. He has lived and traveled in Africa over the last thirty years.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Changing Our Mind About Africa	p. 3
How We Learn	p. 13
Evolutionism
The Origins of "Darkest Africa"	p. 27
"Our Living Ancestors": Twentieth-Century Evolutionism	p. 39
Real Africa, Wise Africa	p. 53
We Should Help Them	p. 71
Further Misperceptions
Cannibalism: No Accounting for Taste	p. 91
Africans Live in Tribes, Don't They?	p. 97
Safari: Beyond Our Wildest Dreams	p. 111
Africa in Ads	p. 127
New Directions
Race and Culture: The Same and the Other	p. 147
From Imagination to Dialogue	p. 157
Notes	p. 165
Works Cited	p. 181
Index	p. 191
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