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Bringing African Voices into the Undergraduate African Politics Classroom
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hershey, Megan J. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Many African Politics courses taught in the United States rely on literature written by western scholars. African voices are often underrepresented in these courses, due to structural and historical factors, or the instructors limited knowledge of underutilized sources. In this paper, I argue that incorporating a variety of readings from African authors provides students with a more complete understanding of topics and issues within African politics, and I discuss how to do this effectively. First, I identify factors that prevent the inclusion of diverse sources into African politics syllabi, and I then provide a review of key primary, scholarly and popular sources by African authors which can be readily used in the classroom. The final section of the paper discusses how best to use these sources and how they can enhance learning outcomes. This research grew out of my own overhaul of an undergraduate African Politics during the 2012-13 academic year and draws on my own experience of incorporating more African authors into my syllabus, as well as on evidence from student reading groups conducted to gauge student reactions to, and resonance with, various pieces of literature. |
| Starting Page | 199 |
| Ending Page | 203 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 50 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D1C53F13201D6C42A4355ACDDBD4CAD1/S1049096516002432a.pdf/bringing_african_voices_into_the_undergraduate_african_politics_classroom.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096516002432 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
