Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom

Contents

contents introduction \ Brandon D. Lundy 1 Part I. Situating Africa: Concurrent-Divergent Rubrics of Meaning 19 1 introducing “africa” \ Jennifer e. coffman 21 2 africa: Which Way forward? an interdisciplinary approach \ Todd cleveland 27 3 Why We need african history \ Kathleen r. Smythe 38 4 answering the “So What” Question: Making african history relevant in the Provincial college classroom \ gary Marquardt 53 5 from african history to african histories: Teaching interdisciplinary Method, Philosophy, and ethics through the african history Survey \ Trevor r. getz 61 6 Treating the exotic and the familiar in the african history classroom \ ryan ronnenberg 70 7 Postcolonial Perspectives on Teaching african Politics in Wales and ireland \ carl Death 76 8 Pan-africanism: The Ties That Bind ghana and the United States \ harry nii Koney Odamtten 90 9 The importance of the regional concept: The case for an Undergraduate regional geography course of Sub-Saharan africa \ Matthew Waller 98 10 Teach Me about africa: facilitating and Training educators toward a Socially Just curriculum \ Durene i. Wheeler and Jeanine ntihirageza 104 Part II. African Arts: Interpreting the African “Text” 113 11 inversion rituals: The african novel in the global north \ catherine Kroll 115 vi | Contents 12 Teaching africa through a comparative Pedagogy: South africa and the United States \ renée Schatteman 128 13 Stereotypes, Myths, and realities regarding african Music in the african and american academy \ Jean ngoya Kidula 140 14 What Paltry Learning in Dumb Books! Teaching the Power of Oral narrative \ caleb corkery 156 15 Teaching about africa: Violence and conflict Management \ Linda M. Johnston and Oumar chérif Diop 163 16 contextualizing the Teaching of africa in the 21st century: a Student-centered Pedagogical approach to Demystify africa as the “heart of Darkness” \ Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson 169 Part III. Application of Approaches: Experiencing African Particulars 179 17 Shaping U.S.-Based activism toward africa: The role of a Mix of critical Pedagogies \ amy c. finnegan 181 18 The Model aU as a Pedagogical Method of Teaching american Students about africa \ Babacar M’Baye 195 19 The Kalamazoo / fourah Bay college Partnership: a context for Understanding Study abroad with africa \ Daniel J. Paracka, Jr. 202 20 Teaching culture, health, and Political economy in the field: ground-Level Perspectives on africa in the 21st century \ James ellison 211 21 Beyond the Biologic Basis of Disease: collaborative Study of the Social and economic causation of Disease in africa \ amy c. finnegan, Julian Jane atim, and Michael J. Westerhaus 225 22 educating the educators: ethiopia’s iT Ph.D. Program \ Solomon negash and Julian M. Bass 240 conclusion: Knowledge circulation and Diasporic interfacing \ Toyin falola 253 references 257 index 283 contributors 295 regions of africa (aryeetey-attoh 2010:2). Used with permission. ...