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1 The Education of African Canadian Children: An Introduction

2 Black Canada and the Law: Black Parents and Children in the Legal Battle for Education in Canada West: 1851–1864

3 The Education of African Canadian Children: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-cultural Analyses

4 Diaspora, Citizenry, Becoming Human, and the Education of African Canadian Youth

5 Slavery, Childhood, and the Racialized “Education” of Black Girls

6 High School and the Black Body in Canada: A Recollection of a Female High School Student

7 Making Education Count: Critical Educational Practice and the Life Chances of African Canadian Children

8 Proposing Methodological Approaches to Elucidating African Canadian Students’ Metacognition across Learning Contexts

9 Triple Whammy and a Fragile Minority within a Fragile Majority: School, Family and Society, and the Education of Black, Francophone Youth in Montreal

10 “Who Owns My Language?” African Canadian Youth, Postcoloniality, and the Symbolic Violence of Language in a French-Language High School in Ontario

11 The Alchemy of Sport and the Role of Media in the Education of Black Youth

12 Marginalization of African Canadian Students in Mainstream Schools: Are Afrocentric Schools the Answer?

13 Reflections on African Canadian Education

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