Great Ideas for Teaching About Africa

by Bastian, Misty L.

• ISBN13: 9781555878153
• ISBN10: 1555878156
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-31
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: Teaching Africa in a New Millennium	1	(12)
Misty L. Bastian
Jane L. Parpart
PART 1 THE ARTS AS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING
Teaching Culture and Politics with African Cinema	13	(10)
Dickson Eyoh
Teaching African Religions Through Art and Literature	23	(10)
Rosalind I. J. Hackett
African ``Traditional'' Religions: A Multidisciplinary and Multimedia Approach	33	(14)
Elizabeth Isichei
The Medium Is the Message: Teaching Africa Through Music	47	(12)
Adeline Masquelier
Teaching Africa Through Literature	59	(10)
L. Natalie Sandomirsky
PART 2 CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS AND CURRENT ISSUES
Teaching the African Slave Trade with Documents	69	(10)
Curtis A. Keim
Teaching Students About Ethnicity in Africa	79	(10)
Bill Bravman
Confronting Stereotypes About HIV/AIDS and Africans	89	(14)
Kearsley Stewart
Contexts, Controversies, Dilemmas: Teaching Circumcision	103	(16)
Corinne A. Kratz
Student Projects for Learning About Gender and Development	119	(10)
Jane L. Parpart
Teaching African Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Peacebuilding	129	(14)
Sandra J. Maclean
Katherine Orr
Timothy M. Shaw
PART 3 NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
On the Computer and in the Kitchen: Exercises for Teaching People-Environment Relations	143	(10)
Tamara Giles-Vernick
Using the World Wide Web to Teach About African Art	153	(16)
Benjamin C. Ray
Using H-African in a Virtual Course	169	(8)
Robert G. White
New Technologies (and Pretty Pictures) for Teaching African Physical Geographies	177	(16)
Garth Myers
Jack Livingston
Aimee Stewart
Sarah Signiski
PART 4 BROADER APPROACHES TO TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA
Teaching Africa Through Culture Areas and Literary Texts	193	(10)
Ralph A. Austen
Concept Mapping and Country Adoption as Tools for Teaching About Africa	203	(8)
Cyril Kofie Daddieh
African Intellectuals and the Reconceptualization of Africa	211	(8)
Philip S. Zachernuk
``The Country of Africa'': Keeping the African Survey Course Lively and Interesting	219	(10)
Misty L. Bastian
About the Contributors	229	(6)
Index	235	(8)
About the Book	243