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GENERATING GENIUS: BLACK BOYS IN SEARCH OF LOVE, RITUAL AND SCHOOLING Tony Sewell Publisher: Trentham Books Year: 2009 Pagination: i6opp ISBN: 978-1858563688 Price: £18.99
AuthorTony Sewell here describes the 'Generating Genius' programme, which was started in 2005 to raise the aspirations and achievements of African Caribbean schoolboys. The programme comprised a summer school which ran for five years, both at the University of the West Indies and at Imperial College London. The boys, mainly from deprived areas and failing schools in London and the SouthEast, were offered the chance to nurture...