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Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate understanding of Africa in a globalizing world.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-17
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  1. Part I. Situating Africa: Concurrent-Divergent Rubrics of Meaning
  1. 1 Introducing "Africa"
  2. pp. 21-26
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  1. 2 Africa: Which Way Forward? An Interdisciplinary Approach
  2. pp. 27-37
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  1. 3 Why We Need African History
  2. pp. 38-52
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  1. 4 Answering the "So What" Question: Making African History Relevant in the Provincial College Classroom
  2. pp. 53-60
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  1. 5 From African History to African Histories: Teaching Interdisciplinary Method, Philosophy, and Ethics through the African History Survey
  2. pp. 61-69
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  1. 6 Treating the Exotic and the Familiar in the African History Classroom
  2. pp. 70-75
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  1. 7 Postcolonial Perspectives on Teaching African Politics in Wales and Ireland
  2. pp. 76-89
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  1. 8 Pan-Africanism: The Ties That Bind Ghana and the United States
  2. pp. 90-97
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  1. 9 The Importance of the Regional Concept: The Case for an Undergraduate Regional Geography Course of Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. pp. 98-103
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  1. 10 Teach Me about Africa: Facilitating and Training Educators toward a Socially Just Curriculum
  2. pp. 104-111
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  1. Part II. African Arts: Interpreting the African "Text"
  2. pp. 113-127
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  1. 11 Inversion Rituals: The African Novel in the Global North
  2. pp. 115-127
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  1. 12 Teaching Africa through a Comparative Pedagogy: South Africa and the United States
  2. pp. 128-139
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  1. 13 Stereotypes, Myths, and Realities Regarding African Music in the African and American Academy
  2. pp. 140-155
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  1. 14 What Paltry Learning in Dumb Books! Teaching the Power of Oral Narrative
  2. pp. 156-162
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  1. 15 Teaching about Africa: Violence and Conflict Management
  2. pp. 163-168
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  1. 16 Contextualizing the Teaching of Africa in the 21st Century: A Student-Centered Pedagogical Approach to Demystify Africa as the "Heart of Darkness"
  2. pp. 169-178
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  1. Part III. Application of Approaches: Experiencing African Particulars
  2. pp. 179-189
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  1. 17 Shaping U.S.-Based Activism toward Africa: The Role of a Mix of Critical Pedagogies
  2. pp. 181-194
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  1. 18 The Model AU as a Pedagogical Method of Teaching American Students about Africa
  2. pp. 195-201
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  1. 19 The Kalamazoo/Fourah Bay College Partnership: A Context for Understanding Study Abroad with Africa
  2. pp. 202-210
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  1. 20 Teaching Culture, Health, and Political Economy in the Field: Ground-Level Perspectives on Africa in the 21st Century
  2. pp. 211-224
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  1. 21 Beyond the Biologic Basis of Disease: Collaborative Study of the Social and Economic Causation of Disease in Africa
  2. pp. 225-239
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  1. 22 Educating the Educators: Ethiopia's IT Ph.D. Program
  2. pp. 240-252
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  1. Conclusion: Knowledge Circulation and Diasporic Interfacing
  2. pp. 253-256
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  1. References
  2. pp. 257-282
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  1. Index
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  1. Contributors
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