TY - BOOK AU - Doh,Emmanuel Fru TI - Stereotyping Africa: surprising answers to surprising questions SN - 9789956579020 AV - DT14 .D64 2009eb U1 - 305.80096 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon PB - Langaa Research & Pub. CIG KW - Culture KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - bisacsh KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Ethnic Studies KW - General KW - Minority Studies KW - fast KW - Manners and customs KW - Africa KW - Social life and customs KW - Afrique KW - MÅ“urs et coutumes KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=410848 ER -