Resources from the 2020 African Studies Teachers' Workshop

Recordings for the workshop are now available HERE. Please find the available resources referenced in each presentation below. The title of each session also links to the session's recording (if available). Not all sessions were able to be recorded.

Session 1: 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST

Teaching About Nubia in the K-12 Classroom

Overview Materials:

• Set of 10 videos from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Article "A Nubian Kingdom Rises" from Archaeology

• Podcast about Kush and why its ruins are endangered: Ep. 24 "Finding Nubia" from Feb. 27, 2018 on Apple Podcasts.

• Egypt and Nubia timeline from British Museum

• Presentation Slides PDF :

Teaching About Nubia.

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Materials/Videos that are accessible to students:

• Virtual tour of Ancient Nubia show at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

• 3D virtual exploration of Nubian ruins

• Images from Fine Arts Museum, Boston's collection. Search the collections for additional artifacts!

• Life in the Heart of Nubia (book for Nubian children about the history of Nubia, English version)

• Amara West video in Nubian with English subtitles and images

• History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi

Deeper Dive:

• Stuart Smith lecture at Hutchins Center, "Black Pharaohs? Egyptological bias, racism, and Egypt and Nubia as African Civilizations"

• "The Goddess Isis and the Kingdom of Meroe" talk by Solange Ashby

• "Dancing for Hathor: Nubia Women in Egyptian Cultic Life" talk by Solange Ashby

• "From occupiers to good neighbors" article from LMU in Münich outlining what archaeological evidence suggests and interaction between Nubians and Egyptians in Nubia

• There are some great children's books written by author Kandance Chimbiri that present an Africa centered perspective on Egypt and Nubia and are really well grounded in the evidence: LINK -The Story of Early Ancient Egypt (ages 7-12, might be good fro 6th/7th grade or a bit younger) -Step Back in Time to Ancient Kush (7-12 again, lots of activities, crossword and other puzzles, and cut outs of a king and queen that you can put different crowns on - very cute and very clever) -Secrets of the Afro Comb (listed as Key Stage 2 in England (7-11), wider in scope but traces Afro style combs across different cultures in Africa, including Egypt and Nubia, through modern Africa and the diaspora, really fun!)

Assassin's Creed Origins, which is set in ancient Egypt, does a really good job of creating a Nilotic environment in Cleopatra's time that is impressive in the way reflects the multi-cultural/ethnic nature of society—and again the Egyptians look like Africans. They have an educational version (Discovery Tour) where you tour around the game world that's really good and might make for a clever way to hook the interest of children. I know some Egyptology professors who use it in their classes, so not sure about grade level—I see it's ESRB rated Teen, but that may be more for the game. Anyhow, it has lots of great information and the PC version costs $20 from Ubisoft

Youth Rise Up Against Climate Change: An Interactive Conversation Across Two Continents

Resource List: A full resource list can be found HERE.

Youth Rise Up_ Teaching about Climate Ch.

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The Role of Illustrations in Picture Books: An Essential Layer of Storytelling with CABA Winners Adrienne Wright and Elizabeth Zunon

Links Shared During the Presentation:

• 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time

• Adrienne Wright Illustration

• Elizabeth Zunon: Illustrator, Author, Muralist

Session 2: 2:40pm - 4:10pm EST

Bringing Historical and Global Context to BLM: Black Lives Matter and Human Rights Movements in Africa

Presentation Power Point: Please download a PDF version of the power point here:

BLM HR Africa.ASOC.Schmidt.11-14-20.pptx

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The Global Burden of Single Use Plastics

Links Shared During the Presentation:

• New York Times article, co-authored by Carlos Mureithi: Big Oil is In Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa with Plastic

• Ten Facts about Single Use Plastic Bags

• Plastics & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

• Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments

• Green Living: A Sudanese Perspective

• Eroding the Future: Telling the Story of Sand Mining and Climate Justice in Coastal South Africa

Timbuktu & Timbuctoo: Global Connections Across the Atlantic

Links Shared During the Presentation:

• The Gold Road Project

• Discover Africa: In the Americas (Africa Access Review)

Session 3: 4:20pm - 5:50pm EST

Koze! Creole and Colonialism in Mauritius

Resource List: A full resource list can be found HERE.

Afrofuturism in Literature & Film

What is Afrofuturism? What is Africanfuturism?

• "Afrofuturism Imagination and Humanity" talk by Ytasha Womack

• "Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa" TED talk by Nnedi Okorafor

• "Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature" by Hope Wabuke in Los Angeles Review of Books

• Afrofuturism: The world of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack

• Scholl Lecture Series: Arthur Jaffa

• Earl Sweatshirt x MOCA - Conversation with Cheryl l. Harris

Fiction & Other Arts Noted During the Presentation:

• Africanfuturism: An Apology

• Zimmer Land by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyeh

• Africanfuturist 419 by Nnedi Okorafor in Clarksworld

• Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• What it Means When A Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

• "Rusties" by Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu

• "Rustie" can be paired with videos of the inspiration, the real Congo Traffic Robots

• Work by Cyrus Kabiru

• Five films from Afripedia

Media from the Presentation:

• Black Noi$e - Mo(u)rning feat. Earl Sweatshirt (Official Music Video)

• Lyrics for Black Noi$e - Mo(u)rning feat. Earl Sweatshirt

• "Afrofuturism gains new momentum as artists reclaim black history" from CBS News

• "Afrofuturism: From Books to Blockbusters | It's Lit"

Introducing Africa, Environmental Justice, & Racism

Resource List: A full resource list can be found HERE.

ASA 20 Introducing Africa, EJ, Racism Re.

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More resources from presentations will be posted here as they come in. Please check back for updates. Updated 12/14/20.