Exploring African life and literature : novel guides to promote socially responsive learning / Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Linda J. Rice, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glasgow, Jacqueline, 1941-

Rice, Linda J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (English)--Study and teaching.

African literature (English).

Social justice--Study and teaching.

Social justice.

Civilization.

Africa--Civilization--Study and teaching.

Africa.

Human rights--Study and teaching.

Human rights.

Africa--In literature.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark, DE : International Reading Association, [2007]

Contents:

Rationale for using novel guides to explore African life and culture through literature / Jacqueline N. Glasgow and Linda J. Rice

Building students' background knowledge of African life and culture / Jacqueline N. Glasgow and Linda J. Rice

Life in Sudan : from slavery to freedom / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

The struggle of Arab women to lead self-determining lives / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Voices resisting colonial rule in Nigeria / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Conflicts in rituals and politics in Kenya / Linda J. Rice

Rites of passage for young girls in the central regions of Africa / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Connections and communication across the continents : from Ethiopia to the United States / Alexa L. Sandmann

Exploitation through child labor and animal poaching in 19th century South Africa / Linda J. Rice

Racial tensions, injustice, and harmony in South African literature / Linda J. Rice

The struggles for human rights in the young adult literature of South Africa / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Life and literature in Botswana : resolving cultural conflicts to create a better world / Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Cultural conflicts and choices for education of young women in pre- and post-colonial Zimbabwe / Jacqueline N. Glasgow and Kara Haas

Using film media as visual text for studying the Rwandan genocide / Ruth McClain

Children's literature as a means of exploring African life / Allison L. Baer

Exploring the African oral tradition, from proverbs to folk tales / Jacqueline N. Glasgow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780872076099

0872076091

OCLC:

123391015