The items in this annotated bibliography are intended to aid the secondary and postsecondary instructor of Black American rhetoric. Selections define aspects of the traditional African world view and its modes of expression, demonstrate African cultural continuity in the New World, show the impact of American existential circumstances, and…

The major objective of the Project in African Music at Howard University was to develop materials for a course in African music designed for General Education curricula in institutions of higher education. The project was expanded to include the development of materials on African-derived music and to make the materials adaptable for use in…

This paper suggests basic points of literary and historical background necessary for the study of African literature and provides an annotated bibliography of literary and historical references. The first part of the paper lists threads of historical significance often found in African literature: the division of Africa into colonies in the…

This bibliography is intended to provide a source of information on what has been written on science and mathematics education in Africa until August 1967. The works included range from the level of the post-graduate thesis to articles in local teaching journals covering a range of topics from sophisticated research to teachers talking among…

In the course of the Six Institutions' Consortium 3-year curriculum development project in Afro-American Studies, it became abundantly clear to faculty and student participants that the most viable curriculum that can be developed must be interdisciplinary. In response to this conviction, a seminar was held to emphasize the need for an approach to…

Discusses the women's movement in Kenya, in particular the women's movement known as harambee, which has become widespread throughout Kenya during the last ten years. (HM)

"African French" exists because linguists are beginning to describe it. This discussion, intended for teachers of French, focuses on its linguistic and sociological bases. Pedagogical implications for the French class in Africa and for foreign language classes elsewhere are discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Researchers of Black American culture argue that interpretations of their experience are skewed by academe's Western perspective, and are becoming champions of Afrocentricity. (MSE)

Describes the author's research with an African hunter-gatherer society and the collection of oral life histories of its members. Discusses five questions about the uses of personal narrative such as "Can personal narrative be used as ethnography?" Concludes that no better tool exists to describe the human condition than the personal…

This article presents eight letters written by young South Africans which describe what they think United States students should learn about their country. (JDH)

This article explores the notion of knowledge as a freely exchanged commodity in advanced industrial and developing societies. The parallels and differences between the two types of society are highlighted. The distortions imposed in Nigeria upon knowledge as a result of dependency in the world economic order are examined. (MT)

Analyzes the biculturality of Black Americans, who have both Afrocentric and Eurocentric elements in their culture. Discusses factors of biculturality (education, punishment/reward, the institutionalization of white culture, religion, white power, and whites' numerical superiority). Evaluates qualitative differences between black and white…

Surveys eight Philadelphia alternative schools which offer independent education emphasizing academic achievement, Black unity, and Pan-African values. Provides information on admissions, curriculum, philosophical orientation, and other facets of each school. (KH)

Discusses the special aspects of chemical higher education programs in Africa, the influence of government in African universities, and university research programs and facilities. (MLH)

In this lesson plan, students explore the cultural significance of masks. After exploring the world of African masks and storytelling, they create masks that tell stories of their own. In these six lessons, students first recall contexts in which masks are worn in the United States, and then discuss their use in stories. Students then investigate…