Africa
“Longing for their Homes”: The Middle Passage and the Development of Modern Migration, 1700 to 1830
Discussion of teaching the Middle Passage as the start of modern migration
“Their Liberty Will Form a Parallel to the History of Europe”: Teaching West Africa in the Age of Revolutions
Discussion of teaching West Africa as part of the Age of the Revolutions
“I Saved My People”: State Building in Africa, 1200 - 1450
Discussion of teaching African state-building between 1200 and 1450
“They Forge Their Own Iron Work”: The Transatlantic Slave System, African Iron Working, the Industrial Revolution, and Reflecting on Our Work
Discussion of teaching the African influences on the Industrial Revolution
Monthly Digest: February 2024
Digest for February 2024
“The Enemies of Colonialism and Racism”: Intersectionality and Teaching Decolonization after 1965
Discussion of teaching decolonization intersectionally with a focus on Southern Africa
“To Destroy the Colonial World”: Teaching Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and Decolonization
Discussion of teaching Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth when teaching decolonization.
“The Total Liberation of the African Continent”: Kwame Nkrumah’s Independence Speech and Decolonization
Discussion of Kwame Nkrumah’s independence speech as a tool to teach decolonization
“We Will Fight in Every Way We Can”: Teaching Decolonization from 1945 to 1955
Discussion of how to teach decolonization from 1945 to 1955 using African and Asian primary sources
“Conscious of Myself as a Kenya African”: The Effect of the Second World War on Colonial African Soldiers
Discussion of how the Second World affected African soldiers fighting in Asia.
