UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
V. TITLES FOR TEACHERS

V. TITLES FOR TEACHERS


AUTHOR: AMOH, MAX
TITLE:
ANNOTATED LIST OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS 1993
Publisher: Yale Center of Inter. & Area Studies- Council on African Studies
Copyright: 1993
Type: Pamphlet
Collation: 43 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): Free

Subjects: Bibliography/Film/Africa/Videotape

Gives brief descriptions of videos, filmstrips, audio tapes and kits that are available for rental or borrowing.

TITLE: APARTHEID IS WRONG : A CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Publisher: Educators Against Racism and Apartheid
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: Curriculum, sound filmstrip
Grade: T (E/M/H)
Place Of Publication: Jamaica, NY
Subjects: South Africa/History/Apartheid

A very fine multi-disciplinary, detailed, hands-on curriculum and sound filmstrip.

AUTHOR: APRAKU, KOFI
TITLE:
AFRICAN EMIGRES IN THE UNITED STATES: A MISSING LINK IN AFRICA'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Publisher: Praeger
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 0 275 93799 2

Subjects: Africa - emigration and immigration/Diaspora/Africans - U.S.

A comprehensive study of recent African emigrants in the United States. Explains why skilled African migrate to the U.S. and the impact of this "brain drain" on Africa.

AUTHOR: ARLABOSSE, SEVERINE
TITLE:
L'AFRIQUE EN FRANCAIS
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for African Studies
Copyright: 1986
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 204 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $15.00

Subjects: Francophone Africa - Study and teaching/West Africa/French/Language and languages

Covers a wide range of topics on Francophone Africa. Includes activities and sample units that may be copied.

AUTHOR: ASANTE, MOLEFI KETE
TITLE:
KEMET, AFROCENTRICITY, AND KNOWLEDGE
Publisher: Africa World Press
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: 214 pp.
Grade: T
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 0-86543-188-4
Price (pap): $12.95
ISBN (pap): 0-86543-189 2

Subjects: Philosophy/Africa

Includes thirteen papers from the conference proceedings of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations. The papers focus on Kemet (ancient Egypt) as an African civilization.

AUTHOR: ASIWAJU, A. I.
TITLE:
PARTITIONED AFRICA: ETHNIC RELATIONS ACROSS AFRICA'S INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, 1884-1984
Publisher: St. Martin's/Macmillan
Copyright: 1985
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)
Price: o.p.

Subjects: Africa/Colonialism

This edited volume provides African perspective of the European partition of Africa. In eight case studies, scholars describe the social, cultural, and economic impact of divided borders on populations split by political boundaries.

AUTHOR: BACAK - EGBO, CAROL
TITLE:
AFRICAN STUDIES CURRICULUM: TANZANIA
Publisher: Michigan State University - African Studies Center
Copyright: 1984
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 175 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Tanzania - Study and teaching/East Africa

This curriculum guide on Tanzania provides historical information, fact sheets, evaluation criteria and classroom activities.

AUTHOR: BACAK - EGBO, CAROL; EGBO, PAUL KOFI
TITLE:
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES ON AFRICA
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 41 pp.
Grade: T (P/E)
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

Provides good introductory activites for students. Includes lessons on stereotypes, geography, art, language, and other subjects.

AUTHOR: BACAK - EGBO, CAROL; EGBO, PAUL KOFI
TITLE:
PROVERBS OF AFRICA
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 17 pp.
Grade: T (E/M)
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Proverbs/Africa

An excellent collection of proverbs from various parts of the continent.

AUTHOR: BACAK - EGBO, CAROL; EGBO, PAUL KOFI
TITLE:
SWAHILI ACTIVITIES
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 37 pp.
Grade: T (E/M)
Price (pap): $8.00

Subjects: Language and languages/Swahili

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of Swahili.

AUTHOR: BAKER, SANDRA ET AL
TITLE:
BENIN: STUDY OF AN AFRICAN KINGDOM
Publisher: Newman and Westhill Colleges

Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: Teacher's guide, black and white photographs
Grade: T (E/M)
Place Of Publication: Sandwell, LEA England
Subjects: Subjects: Benin Kingdom/Nigeria/West Africa/Study and teaching/History

Developed in Britain, this is a useful teaching resource on the Benin Kingdom. The guide focuses on the following subject areas: geography, oral literature and music, European visitors to Benin, archaeology, and craft workers. The lessons strengthen basic knowledge while imparting specific information about Benin. Comparisons are made between Benin and Western societies, including Greece and Rome. Teachers will want to supplement remarks made about taking "human lives" and "a decapitated prisoner" with information about warfare in Western and other societies.

AUTHOR: BECKER, LAURENCE; HENLEY, JOAN
TITLE:
VOICI L'AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE
Publisher: SPICE
Copyright: 1986
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 47 pp., guide, 20 slides
Grade: T
Price: $20.95

Subjects: Francophone Africa - Study and teaching/West Africa/French/Language and languages

The text and slides provide an overview of aspects of the history, culture, and experience of contemporary Francophone Africa.

AUTHOR: BIGELOW, WILLIAM
TITLE:
STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY: A CURRICULUM GUIDE ON SOUTH AFRICA
Publisher: Africa World Press
Copyright: 1987
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 92 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $12.95
ISBN (pap): 0-86543-010-1

Subjects: South Africa - Study and teaching/Southern Africa

This curriculum guide on South Africa was designed as a six week course but can be adapted for shorter instructional units. An excellent resource on apartheid South Africa.

AUTHOR: BOAHEN, ADU ET AL
TITLE:
TOPICS IN WEST AFRICAN HISTORY
Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book

Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $18.95
ISBN (pap): 0 582 58504 X

Subjects: West Africa/History

A well-written introduction to West African history. Approximately half the book focuses on precolonial history, the balance describes the colonial and post-colonial periods.

AUTHOR: BOROWSKI, RICHARD
TITLE:
THIS LAND IS OUR LAND : LAND REFORM IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Publisher: Leeds Development Education Center, 151-153 Cardigan Rd. Leeds LS6 1LJ, England
Copyright: 1994
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 16 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): Pound2.75
ISBN (pap): 1 871268 55 9
Place Of Publication: Leeds
Subjects: South Africa - Study and teaching/Apartheid

This teaching guide provides students with historical and contemporary information on land ownership and reform in South Africa. Although it fails to raise awareness of British involvment in the land issue, it does help students to understand the difficult tasks facing the post-apartheid government with regard to land reform. The lessons are practical and the directions for using the guide easy to understand and follow.

AUTHOR: BOROWSKI, RICHARD; KISOPIA, PETER; SAYER, GEOFF
TITLE:
THE FINAL FRONTIER? LAND ENVIRONMENT AND PASTORALISM IN KENYA
Publisher: Leeds Development Education Center 151-153 Cardigan Rd., Leeds LS6 1LJ, England
Copyright: 1993
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 48 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): Pound9.50
ISBN (pap): 1 871268 50 8
Place Of Publication: Leeds
Subjects: Kenya/Maasai/East Africa/Environment/Economic development

This guide focuses on the Maasai of Kenya, a small minority group that has received a disproportionate amount of attention in the West. Surprisingly, the authors of this work manage to avoid the stereotypical depictions so commonly found in materials on the Maasai. The Maasai are represented as living in a modern state in a real-life manner and the people are dressed in a variety of ways. The focus is on pastoralism as a means of production that is linked to modern economic and environmental realities (e.g. tourism, debt and land/resource maintenance).

AUTHOR: BOROWSKI, RICHARD; WEST, NIGEL
TITLE:
HANGING BY A THREAD : TRADE, DEBT AND COTTON IN TANZANIA
Publisher: Leeds Development Education Centre
Copyright: 1992
Type: Curriculum guide
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): Pound6.50
ISBN (pap): 1 871268 35 4
Place Of Publication: Leeds (151-153 Cardigan Rd., Leeds LS6 1LJ, England)
Subjects: Tanzania/Economic development/East Africa/Study and teaching

As the title suggests, this curriculum guide highlights the difficulties Tanzania faces in the global economy. Lessons help students understand the link between poverty in Tanzania and the market-driven actions of Western business people and banking institutions. However, to avoid the "poor Africa" syndrome, teachers will want to supplement this guide with historical and cultural materials that provide a more complete picture of Tanzania.

AUTHOR: BROOKS, GEORGE
TITLE:
THEMES IN AFRICAN AND WORLD HISTORY
Publisher: Indiana University - African Studies Program
Copyright: 1983
Type: Book
Collation: rev. ed. 59 pp.
Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $5.00
ISBN (pap): 0-941934-06-3

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/History

Provides information about incorporating Africa into African American and world history courses.

AUTHOR: CHERU, FANTU
TITLE:
SILENT REVOLUTION IN AFRICA: DEBT, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY
Publisher: Humanities
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0 86232 890 X
Price (pap): $17.50
ISBN (pap): 0 86232 891 8

Subjects: Africa/Development/Tanzania/Kenya/Ethiopia/Sudan/Zambia

Economist Fantu Cheru takes issue with Western development schemes for Africa. He argues that Africans should detach from Western economic strategies and design their own development plans.

AUTHOR: CLARK, LEON
TITLE:
THROUGH AFRICAN EYES: TEACHING STRATEGIES, VOL. 1 - THE PAST
Publisher: CITE Center for International Training and Education
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: 81 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $8.95
ISBN (pap): 0 938960 33 4

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/History

A teaching guide to Through Africa Eyes, Vol. 1.

AUTHOR: CRANE, LOUISE
TITLE:
AFRICAN NAMES: PEOPLE AND PLACES
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for African Studies
Copyright: 1982
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 105 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): $13.00

Subjects: Personal Names - Study and teaching/Africa

Provides a wealth of material on African names, including personal and place names and naming ceremonies. Classroom activities can be reproduced.

AUTHOR: CRANE, LOUISE
TITLE:
AFRICAN GAMES OF STRATEGY
Publisher: University of Illinois - Center for African Studies
Copyright: 1983
Type: Book
Collation: 51 pp.
Grade: T (P/E)
Price (pap): $9.00

Subjects: Games/Africa

This teaching manual provides information on games and explains how to play and make games. Many of the games involve strategy and math principles.

TITLE: CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for Africa Studies
Copyright: 1987
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 353 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): $17.00

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

Includes country information sheets, maps, topical essays, games, music, stories, bibliographies, and film guides.

AUTHOR: DAVIES, CAROLE BOYCE; GRAVES, ANNE
TITLE:
NGAMBIKA: STUDIES OF WOMEN IN AFRICAN LITERATURE
Publisher: Africa World Press
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: 298 pp.
Grade: T (H)
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 0-86543-017-9/Cloth
Price (pap): $11.95
ISBN (pap): 0-86543-018-7

Subjects: Literary criticism/Literature/Africa

A collection of critical essays on the depiction of women in African literature.

AUTHOR: DEAN, ELIZABETH ET AL
TITLE:
HISTORY IN BLACK AND WHITE: AN ANALYSIS OF SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOKS
Publisher: UNESCO
Copyright: 1983
Type: Book
Collation: 137 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): $9.50
ISBN (pap): 92-3-102092-7

Subjects: South Africa/Study and teaching/Book reviews

An analysis of history textbooks used in South African secondary schools.

AUTHOR: EGBO, PAUL KOFI; BACAK - EGBO, CAROL
TITLE:
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 36 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M)
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Names, Personal/Africa

This unit includes content information on African names with Western and global comparisons.

AUTHOR: FORSON, ANDREW
TITLE:
BENIN SOURCE PACK FOR KEY STAGE 2
Publisher: Northamptonshire Black History Group
Copyright: 1992
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: Teacher's guide, 5 booklets
Grade: T (E/M)
Price (pap): Pound16.95
ISBN (pap): 1 873886 04 7
Place Of Publication: Wellingborough c/o Wellingborough REC, Wellingborough NN8 1HT, England
Subjects: Benin Kingdom/Nigeria - Study and teaching/History/West Africa

Excellent in design, this British curriculum guide describes life in the old kingdom of Benin (in present-day Nigeria) and invites students to draw comparisons between Benin and England. The guide makes good use of primary source material, incorporates recent scholarly findings (including research on the Kingdom of Benin from Nigerian scholars), describes the role of women, and notes the value of oral history. Although written for British schools, the clear directions will make it useful for Americans teaching about Nigeria.

AUTHOR: FREUND, BILL
TITLE:
THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Copyright: 1984
Type: Book
Collation: 338 pp.
Grade: T
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 0-253-33660
Price (pap): $9.95
ISBN (pap): 0-253-28600-X

Subjects: Africa/History

This scholarly volume provides a materialist approach to the study of African history. Challenges dependency analyses. Includes a useful bibliography for undergraduates and teachers.

AUTHOR: GUNNER, ELIZABETH
TITLE:
HANDBOOK FOR TEACHING AFRICAN LITERATURE
Publisher: Heinemann
Copyright: 1984
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 224 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $15.00
ISBN (pap): 0-435-922602

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/Literature

This teaching guide provides teaching suggestions for 11 works from sub-Saharan Africa.

AUTHOR: HALL, SUSAN
TITLE:
AFRICA IN U.S. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Publisher: African American Institute
Copyright: 1976
Type: Eric Doc: ED 142 449
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

Describes thirty problems seen in K-12 books on Africa. Available as Eric document.

AUTHOR: HAMILTON, ROBERT EDITOR
TITLE:
LESSON PLANS ON AFRICAN HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: A TEACHING RESOURCE
Publisher: University of Florida - Center for African Studies
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 88 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): Free

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/History/Geography/Religion/Diaspora

Provides background information on geography and selected topics.

AUTHOR: HILLIARD, ASA ET AL
TITLE:
INFUSION OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTENT IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Publisher: Southern Education Foundation
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: 204 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): $20.00
ISBN (pap): 0942-683-00-8

Subjects: Afrocentricity/Multicultural education/Diaspora

Keynote presentations from the !st National Conference on the Infusion of Africa and African American content in the school curriculum.

AUTHOR: HOUNTONDJI, PAULIN
TITLE:
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: MYTH AND REALITY
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Copyright: 1983
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)

Subjects: Philosophy/Africa

Hountondji is a philosopher from Benin, West Africa. In this work he defines African philosophy, critiques the approaches of others, and analyzes the philosophical writings of Anton-Wilhelm Amo and Kwame Nkrumah.

TITLE: IROHIN : BRINGING AFRICA TO THE CLASSROOM
Publisher: University of Florida - Center for African Studies
Copyright: Biannual
Type: Periodical
Grade: T (P/E/H)
Price (pap): Free

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/Book reviews

Includes articles, lesson plans and book reviews.

AUTHOR: JOHANNESSON, BARBARA; VAN DYK, PAM
TITLE:
DIAMONDS AND GOLD: USING SOURCES IN THE CLASSROOM
Publisher: Heinemann-Centaur Publishers Address: 1 Clough St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 3201
Copyright: 1992
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 41 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): R31.06
ISBN (pap): 1 86834 066 X
Place Of Publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/History

Part of the History-in-Process series, this first book in the series uses primary sources to explore different interpretations of the impact of the discovery of diamonds and gold in 19th century South Africa. Contains an excellent explanation of the three schools of thought (nationalist, liberal, and revisionist) that have characterized South African historiography.

AUTHOR: KETO, C. TSEHLOANE
TITLE:
AFRICA CENTERED PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY
Publisher: K.A. Publication
Copyright: 1991
Type: Pamphlet
Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $9.95
ISBN (pap): 0 9623442 0 6

Subjects: Afrocentrism/History/Africa/South Africa/African Americans

An introduction to the Africa-centered approach by an African historian. Includes two examples of incorporating an Africa-centered approach in historical studies.

AUTHOR: KHORANA, MEENA
TITLE:
AFRICA IN LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS. Publisher: Greenwood
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: 313 pp.
Grade: T
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 0 313 25488 5

Subjects: Bibliography/Book reviews/Africa/Childrens literature

An excellent analysis of childrens materials on Africa.
AUTHOR:
KLEPPER, NANCY
TITLE:
OUR GLOBAL VILLAGE: AFRICA
Publisher: Milliken
Copyright: 1990
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 28 pp.
Grade: T (P)
Price (pap): $6.95
ISBN (pap): 1-555863-151-8

Subjects: Africa - Social life and customs

Includes background information on important subjects, activities for students and a short list of resources.

AUTHOR: LEWIS, I. M.
TITLE:
A MODERN HISTORY OF SOMALIA: NATION AND STATE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Publisher: Westview Press
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)
Price: $56.00
ISBN: 0 8133 7402 2

Subjects: Somalia/History/East Africa

A political anthropologist with long experience in Somalia analyzes post and contemporary events through the 1980s.

AUTHOR: MACCANN, DONNARAE; WOODWARD, GLORIA
TITLE:
THE BLACK AMERICAN IN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: READINGS IN RACISM
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Copyright: 1985
Type: Book
Collation: 298 pp.
Grade: T
Price: $29.50
ISBN: 08108-1826-4

Subjects: African Americans/Literature/Racism in literature/Diaspora/Book reviews

A collection of critical essays on blacks in children's literature.

AUTHOR: MACKEITH, LUCY
TITLE:
A ROUGH ROAD TO FREEDOM : THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF THE 18TH CENTURY N
Publisher: Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: Teacher's guide 30 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): Pound5.00
Place Of Publication: Exeter (Queen St. Exeter, England)
Subjects: Nigeria/Igbo/Biography/Olaudah Equiano/Slavery/Enslaved persons/History

This teaching resource contains illuminating excerpts from the famous autobiography of Equiano and other related primary source documents from the 18th century. Clear, concise narratives introduce the excerpts and provide background on the time and issues of the day. Well-chosen documents and excellent scholarship make this a valuable teaching resource.

AUTHOR: MAGUBANE, BERNARD MAKHOSEZWE
TITLE:
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RACE AND CLASS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Type: Book
Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $12.00
ISBN (pap): 0 85345 506 6

Subjects: South Africa/History/Apartheid

In this scholarly work, Professor Magabune identifies capitalism as the primary reason for the development of oppressive racism in South Africa.

AUTHOR: MARK DA SILVA, MARGARET
TITLE:
AFRICA THROUGH LITERATURE: CHINUA ACHEBE'S THINGS FALL APART
Publisher: Margaret da Silva
Copyright: 1990
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 59 pp., maps, transparencies
Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $20.00

Subjects: Nigeria/Literature/Poetry/Proverbs/Chinua Achebe/West Africa/Study and teaching

This curriculum guide provides teaching ideas for Chinua Achebe's novel, for selected proverbs and poetry from Africa, for mask-making, and for two New York Times articles on Africa.

AUTHOR: MARNEWECK, LORRAINE; SIEBORGER, ROB; TORR, LOUISE
TITLE:
MAKING HISTORY 3: TEACHER'S BOOK WITH ANSWERS
Publisher: Centaur House, Address: 1 Clough St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Type: Curriculum guide
Grade: T (E/M)
Price (pap): R28.00
ISBN (pap): 1 868 34100 3
Place Of Publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/History/Study and teaching

Companion text for teachers using Making History 3.

AUTHOR: MARNEWECK, LORRIANE; SIEBORGER, ROB; TORR, LOUISE
TITLE:
MAKING HISTORY 4 : TEACHER'S BOOK WITH ANSWERS
Publisher: Centaur House, Address: 1 Clough St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Type: Curriculum guide
Grade: T (E)
Price (pap): R28.00
ISBN (pap): 1 86834 086 4
Place Of Publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/History/Study and teaching

This teacher's guide provides background information, questions and answers for teachers using Making History 3. It is designed "to help teachers make the most of the syllabus and encourage the children to think about things that happened in the past."

AUTHOR: MARNEWECK, LORRAINE; SIEBORGER, ROB; TORR, LOUISE
TITLE:
MAKING HISTORY 3
Publisher: Centaur House, Address: 1 Clough St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 126 pp.
Grade: T (E/M)
ISBN (pap): 0 947472 69 X
Place Of Publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa - Study and teaching/History

This simply written book of lessons is based on the syllabus for children in South Africa. The main theme of the book is "understanding how people lived long ago." Specifically, It covers the history of the African people of South Africa prior to European settlement, the colonial period to the mid-19th century, and selected societies in European and African history. The authors have incorporated newer interpretations of South African history that explode the myths of the apartheid era.

AUTHOR: MASAGARA, NDIZI ET AL
TITLE:
LA VIE FAMILIALE EN AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE
Publisher: SPICE
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 97 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $24.95

Subjects: Francophone Africa /West Africa/Language and languages/French/Senegal

A curriculum guide on Francophone Africa for French language classes.

AUTHOR: MAXWELL, MARGARET EDITOR
TITLE:
THE AFRICAN STUDIES HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS
Publisher: University of Massachusetts - Center for International Education
Copyright: 1983
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 221 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): $6.00
ISBN (pap): 0-932288-69-3

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

Provides lessons for introducing Africa to American students. Includes lessons on clothing, art, music, games, and tests.

AUTHOR: MERRYFIELD, MERRY
TITLE:
LESSONS FROM AFRICA
Publisher: Indiana Univ. - Social Studies Curriculum Development Center
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: 94 pp.
Grade: T (M)
Price (pap): $10.95
ISBN (pap): 0-9413339-07-6

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

Eleven lessons written by Africans who have lived in the U.S. Includes daily life in Africa, family, dress, etiquette, teenage problems.

AUTHOR: MIDWINTER, CATHY
TITLE:
BENIN : AN AFRICAN KINGDOM
Publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature
Copyright: 1994
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: Teacher's guide, 24 color photographs, timeline, 2 posters
Grade: T

Price (pap): Pound19.95
ISBN (pap): 1 85850 006 0
Place Of Publication: Surrey, England Weyside Park, Goldalming, Surrey GU7 1XR England
Subjects: Nigeria/Benin Kingdom/History/West Africa/Study and teaching

This excellent British curriculum provides hands-on activities that permit students to explore life in the old kingdom of Benin and modern-day Benin city in Nigeria. Includes activities that relate aspects of life in Benin to life in Tudor and Stuart England. Highly recommended.

AUTHOR: MILLER-LACHMANN, LYN
TITLE:
OUR FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS, OUR WORLD
Publisher: Bowker
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 710 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 0-8352-3025-2

Subjects: Africa/Bibliography/Multicultural education/Book reviews

This annotated bibliography provides critical reviews of multicultural books for grades K-12. Includes a chapter on books about Africa.

AUTHOR: MINTER, WILLIAM
TITLE:
KING SOLOMON'S MINES REVISITED: WESTERN INTERESTS AND THE BURDEN HISTORY OF SOUTHERN
Publisher: HarperCollins / Basic Books
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: 416 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 0 4650 3723 2
Price (pap): $10.00
ISBN (pap): 0 4650 3724 0

Subjects: Southern Africa/Economic conditions

An analysis of the role Western capital has played in South Africa. Begins with South Africa's mineral discoveries and ends with the Reagan era.

AUTHOR: MUDIMBE, V. Y.
TITLE:
THE INVENTION OF AFRICA: GNOSIS, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE ORDER OF KNOWLEDGE
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book

Grade: T (H)
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 0 253 33126 9
Price (pap): $14.95
ISBN (pap): 0 253 20468 2

Subjects: Philosophy/Africa

Winner of the Melvin J. Herskovits Award in 1989 for the best book in African Studies. Complex and thoughtful, this philosophical work critiques Western interpretations and assessments of African conceptual systems.

AUTHOR: MURPHY, E. JEFFERSON; STEIN, HARRY
TITLE:
TEACHING AFRICA TODAY
Publisher: Citation Press
Copyright: 1973
Type: Book
Collation: 285 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

An early and excellent resource for its time. Provided useful teaching strategies on Africa.

AUTHOR: PALUMBO, JOE
TITLE:
MANSA MUSA : AFRICAN KING OF GOLD : A UNIT OF STUDY FOR GRADES 7-9
Publisher: University of California, National Center for History in the Schools
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 51 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Place Of Publication: Los Angeles
Subjects: West Africa/Mali/History

This teaching guide utilizes the writings of Arab scholars who visited the medieval kingdom of Mali.

AUTHOR: POTENZA, EMILIA
TITLE:
THE BROKEN STRING: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SOUTHERN AFRICAN HISTORY, TEACHER'S GUIDE
Publisher: Maskew Miller Longman, Address: Howard Drive, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa
Copyright: 1992
Type: Curriculum materials
Grade: T (M/H)
ISBN (pap): 0 636 01920 9
Place Of Publication: Cape Town, South Africa

Subjects: South Africa/History/San/Khoikhoi/Bantu-speaking people/Oorlams/Tswana/Basotho

Companion text for teacher's using The Broken String.

AUTHOR: RANDOLPH, BRENDA EDITOR
TITLE:
AFRICA ACCESS REVIEW OF K-12 MATERIALS
Publisher: Africa Access
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 102 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): $10.00
Place Of Publication: Silver Spring Address: 2204 Quinton Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910
Subjects: Bibliography/Book reviews/Africa/Children's literature

Provides reviews of children's materials on Africa. The reviews were written by scholars, teachers, and librarians most of whom have lived in Africa and have graduate degrees in the study of Africa.

AUTHOR: RANDOLPH, BRENDA EDITOR
TITLE:
AFROPHILE : RECOMMENDED TITLES ON AFRICA FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Publisher: Africa Access
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Update provided
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): $15.00
Place Of Publication: Silver Spring, MD
Subjects: Bibliography/Children's literature/Africa

This annotated bibliography lists over 500 titles on Africa for children and educators. Only those materials receiving favorable recommendations from scholars on Africa are included in Afrophile.

AUTHOR: REESE, LYN; CLARKE, RICK
TITLE:
TWO VOICES FROM NIGERIA: NIGERIA THROUGH THE LITERATURE OF CHINUA ACHEBE AND BUCHI EMECHETA
Publisher: SPICE
Copyright: 1985
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 103 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $18.95

Subjects: Nigerian literature/Study and teaching/West Africa/Chinua Achebe/Buchi Emecheta

Uses excerpts from novels by Achebe and Emecheta as a way to view Nigerian culture and history.

AUTHOR: SCHMIDT, NANCY
TITLE:
CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON AFRICA AND THEIR AUTHORS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publisher: Africana/Holmes and Meier
Copyright: 1975
Type: Book
Collation: 290 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price: $32.50
ISBN: 0-8419-0166-X

Subjects: Bibliography/Children's literature/Africa/Book reviews

Provides annotations of over 800 children's books that focus on Africa.

AUTHOR: SCHMIDT, NANCY
TITLE:
CHILDREN'S FICTION ABOUT AFRICA IN ENGLISH
Publisher: Conch Magazine
Copyright: 1981
Type: Book
Collation: 248 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price: o.p.
ISBN: 0-91497-63-1

Subjects: Bibliography/Book reviews/Africa/Children's literature

An analysis of children's fiction about Africa written in English or translated into English. Includes 542 novels and short stories published prior to July 1977.

AUTHOR: SCHMIDT, NANCY
TITLE:
SUPPLEMENT TO CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON AFRICA AND THEIR AUTHORS
Publisher: Africana/Holmes and Meier
Copyright: 1979
Type: Book
Collation: 273 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 0-8419-0433-2

Subjects: Bibliography/Book reviews/Africa/Children's literature

This supplement to Children's Books on Africa and their Authors provides additional annoations of children's books on Africa.

AUTHOR: SMITH, DANIEL EDITOR
TITLE:
AFRICAN HISTORY: SELECTED READING LISTS AND COURSE OUTLINES FROM AMERICAN COLLEGES AND
Publisher: Markus Wiener
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: 264 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): $16.95
ISBN (pap): 0 910129 53 3

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching/History

A collection of 44 syllabi of history and special topic courses on early and contemporary Africa.

AUTHOR: SMITH, JUDY; NICHOLS, CAROLYN
TITLE:
LAND OF KUSH: STEP INTO THE PAST
Publisher: In Step Productions
Copyright: 1991
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 40 pp.
Grade: T (E/M)
Price (pap): $17.50

Subjects: Kush/History/Sudan/North Africa

A six grade curriculum on the ancient kingdom of Kush.

AUTHOR: SOLOMON, LINDA
TITLE:
KHULA UDWEBA : A HANDBOOK ABOUT TEACHING ART TO CHILDREN
Publisher: African Institute of Art
Copyright: 1993
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 190 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): R 64.23
ISBN (pap): 0 620 14184 0
Place Of Publication: Orlando, Soweto , South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/ Art - Study and teaching

Khula Udweba is a phrase which means "draw as you grow or grow as you draw." It is the name of an art project designed to develop art education for children in Diepkloof, South Africa. This book explains the 36 art techniques that were used in the project and includes black and white as well as color reproductions of the children's art work. Classes were generally organized around themes (e.g. Myself, My environment, The City). American educators will find this a useful source for studying children's art in South Africa and for teaching art classes.

AUTHOR: STEWART, C.; CRUMMEY, DONALD; CRANE, LOUISE
TITLE:
RELIGIONS IN AFRICA
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for African Studies
Copyright: 1984
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 77 pp.
Grade: T (E/M/H)
Price (pap): $9.00

Subjects: Religion - Study and teaching/Africa
Gives a brief but compact analysis of African religions.

AUTHOR: SYNDER, JOHN; SYNDER, SARAH
TITLE:
WHERE CAMELS ARE BETTER THAN CARS: A LOCALITY STUDY IN MALI, WEST AFRICA FOR KEY STAGE 2
Type: Curriculum guide
Grade: T (M)
Price (pap): Pound15.30
ISBN (pap): 0 948838 25 6
Place Of Publication: Birmingham
Subjects: West Africa/Mali

A useful introduction to life in a multicultural community in Mali.

AUTHOR: TERBORG - PENN, ROSALYN
TITLE:
WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Publisher: Howard University Press
Copyright: 1987
Type: Book
Collation: 234 pp.
Grade: T (H)
Price (pap): $12.95
ISBN (pap): 0 88258 177 5

Subjects: Women/Africa/Diaspora/African Americans

Includes fourteen selections by scholars who presented papers at the 1983 Howard University conference on Women in the African Diaspora. The unifying theme is the common nature of the struggles women of African descent have faced.
AUTHOR:
WELDON, GAIL
TITLE:
GEORGE GREY AND THE XHOSA: FACT AND OPINION
Publisher: Centaur Publishers, Address: 1 Clough St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 3201
Copyright: 1993
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 38 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): R31.06
ISBN (pap): 1 874925 29 1
Place Of Publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/Xhosa/History

Part of the History-in Process series, this second book in the series explores the relationships between the Xhosa people and the British in the 1850s. It aims to explore fact and opinion through the use of historical documents and to challenge the myth of the "good" governorship of Sir George Grey, the British governor of the Cape Colony and the High Comissioner for southern Africa.

AUTHOR: WILEY, DAVID EDITOR
TITLE:
AFRICA ON FILM AND VIDEOTAPE, 1960-1981
Publisher: African Studies Center - Michigan State University
Copyright: 1982
Type: Book
Collation: 551 pp.
Grade: T (P/E/M/H)
Price (pap): $17.95

Subjects: Bibliography/Motion pictures/Africa/Videotapes

This essential film guide covers all films and videos on Africa produced or distributed in the U.S. up to 1981. Includes annotations and ratings of the films.

AUTHOR: WORDEN, NIGEL
TITLE:
THE CHAINS THAT BIND US : A HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE CAPE
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Resource Centre (dist), Address: Faculty of Education, University of Cape Town/ Dept. of Adult Education and Extra Mural Studies, Address: Private Bag, School of Education, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: Guide, Maps, Study prints, Teacher's notes
Grade: T (M/H)
Place Of Publication: Rondebosch, South Africa
Subjects: South Africa/History

This teaching pack describes slavery in the Cape province in South Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries.

AUTHOR: WRIGHT, RICHARD
TITLE:
BARICHO : A VILLAGE IN KENYA
Publisher: Warwickshire World Studies Centre
Copyright: n.d.
Type: Curriculum guide
Collation: 84 pp.
Grade: T
Price (pap): Pound13.50
Place Of Publication: Warks (Manor Hall, Sandy Lane, Leamington Spa, Warks CV32 6RD, England)
Subjects: Kenya - Study and teaching

AUTHOR: WYSS, ESTHER EDITOR
TITLE:
INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO AFRICA
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Copyright: 1990
Type: Curriculum Guide
Collation: 251 pp.
Grade: T (M/H)
Price (pap): $16.95

Subjects: Africa - Study and teaching

In addition to providing basic current information on Africa, this book also has readings, activities and other resources drawn from a wide variety of sources.


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