Africa
“The Outbreak of the Present War”: Decolonization During and After the Second World War
Discussion of teaching decolonization’s connections to the Second World War and the Cold War
“Those Who Suffer Under Colonial Oppression Must Join Hands”: International Anticolonialism in the Interwar Years
Discussion of teaching anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s as a global movement
“A Free State with Full Sovereignty”: Amazigh (Berber) Anticolonialism and the Republic of the Rif in Morocco
Discussion of Amazigh (Berber) independent state as example of anticolonialism
“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
Discussion of teaching women’s anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.
“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples
“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System
Discussion of how to read against the grain to understand lost voices in the transatlantic slave system.
“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism
“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms
A discussion of the civilizing mission, colonial education, and how we decolonize our pedagogy.
“Everything Can be Done Peacefully and Without Force”: Queen Njinga and the Portuguese
Discussion of how local African rulers responded to Portuguese empire-building and the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade.
