Abstract
By providing historically nuanced analysis on how colonial education produced the development of various African countries that are today counted as part of the Global South, the book lays the groundwork for an effective critique of contemporary developmentalist discourse. Like the British, the Germans treated agriculture in Africa as a living laboratory where they could test modern methods of researching soils and plant species while at the same time expand their own knowledge over Africa's indigenous flora and fauna. The final section of the book takes stock of the infrastructure and narratives of post-WWII "development" sponsored by the UN and the World Bank, among other organizations. Jerónimo and Dores provide nuanced historical analysis on the role of intermediary inter-imperial development organizations and conferences that formed along the way, which included the 1950 Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA) and the 1957 Inter-African Conference on Industrial, Commercial and Agricultural Education.