African diaspora literacy : the heart of transformation in K-12 schools and teacher education / edited by Lamar L. Johnson, Gloria Boutte, Gwenda Greene, and Dywanna Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Lamar L., editor.

Boutte, Gloria, editor.

Greene, Gwenda, editor.

Smith, Dywanna E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora--Study and teaching.

African diaspora.

Manners and customs.

Africa--Social life and customs--Study and teaching.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 191 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

This book demonstrates the application of African Diaspora Literacy in K-12 schools and teacher education programs. The book emerged from a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Abroad project to Cameroon, West Africa, which was focused on African Diaspora Literacy. The project was guided by the African principle of "Ubuntu" (I am because we are). The 15-member team was comprised of eight faculty members (representing five universities--Benedict College, Michigan State University, South Carolina State University, South University, and the University of South Carolina), one community member, two K-12 administrators, and four K-12 teachers from high need schools. The inclusion of such a diverse group of participants in the Kamtok project (e.g., professors, K-12 teachers, community members) lent itself to producing rich data that captured both the intellectual scholarship and layperson's experience with equilateral consideration. The purpose of the project was to gain firsthand knowledge, artifacts, documents, experiences, and resources to be used in the development, implementation, and dissemination of curricula to be used in K-12 schools and university classrooms to more effectively prepare educators to teach African American students. Focusing specifically on the language, history, politics, economics, religion, and cultural traditions of people in the African Diaspora (e.g, U.S., Africa, Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, Asia), this book illuminates critical information typically missing from K-12 schools and teacher education, and English curricula. Chapters are written by scholars from Cameroons as well as those from the U.S. The book represents a lovely compilation of application, theory, and research. The book explores how African Diaspora Literacy can be used to heal the endemic physical, symbolic, linguistic, curricula, pedagogical, and system violence that African American children and youth experience in schools and in society.

Contents:

Preface : what's Africa to me / Gwenda Greene, Gloria Boutte, Lamar L. Johnson, Dywanna Smith

Goin' back to (re)claim what's mine : a call for diaspora literacy in P-20 spaces / Lamar L. Johnson

Revitalization of indigenous African knowledges among people in the African diaspora / Gloria Boutte, George Johnson, and Asangha Muki

Exploring African diaspora literacy with elementary students / Saudah Collins, Martay Monroe, and Gloria Boutte

Using African diaspora literacy to teach middle school social studies / Julia Dawson and Antoinette Gibson

Centering African diaspora literacy to reinvent educator preparation / Damara Hightower

A call for "work woke" educators : actuating diaspora literacy to raise critical consciousness / Gwenda Greene

Telling our stories; sharing our lives : storytelling as the heart of resistance / Dywanna Smith

African spirituality : implications for African diaspora education / Bonwong Bruno, Lambert Wirdze, Mary Lum

Cameroon pidgin English : an overview and implications for instruction in Anglophone Cameroon education / Rodrick Lando and Ntain Patience Chia

Indigenous holistic healing : the medicine cabinet of African diaspora literacy / Kenric B. Ware and Marcelus U. Ajonina

Insights and reflections : thoughts on transformation / Dywanna Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: African diaspora literacy

ISBN:

9781498583954

1498583954

OCLC:

1057305241