Teaching Resources

Lessons


Dr. Linda Heywood Dr. John Thornton Discovering Africa in America African Studies Assoc. Outreach Conference, 2011	Dr. Curtis Keim Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind African Studies Assoc. Outreach Conference, 2011

Africa Access Review provides annotations and scholarly reviews of children’s and young adult books that focus on Africa. More than 100 African Studies scholars are members of our review team.
Children’s Africana Book Awards
Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association give annual awards for the best children’s and young adult books on Africa available for purchase in the US. More than 90 awards have been presented to authors and illustrators.
Read Africa invites young people to read great books on Africa.
Anansi Reads lists great picture books.
Sankofa Reads focuses on chapter books.
CABA Reads lists winners of the Children’s Africana Book Awards.


I Didn’t Know There Were Cities in Africa, Teaching Tolerance, Fall 2008. Brenda Randolph & Betsy DeMulder	Teaching about Nelson Mandela, 2014 Barbara Brown & Brenda Randolph	Boko Haram Teaching Resource, Complied by Barbara Brown Boston University

Beyond Wildlife: Teaching about Africa and Stereotypes Barbara B. Brown and Alicia Carroll	The Danger of a Single Story Chimamanda Adichie TED Global 2009	The Trouble with Tribe Teaching for Tolerance by Chris Lowe et al Spring 2001