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Home Curriculum Unit One: Why Study Africa Module 1: Exploring the Diversity of Africa Module 2: Learning about Africa Module 3: Examining Africa’s Diversity Module 4: Examining Africa’s Global Connections Module 5: Looking Back Unit Two: Studying Africa Through Social Studies Module 6: African Geography Module 7(A): African History until 1500 Module 7(B): African History 1500 to the Present Module 8: Culture and Society in Africa Module 9: African Economies Module 10: African Politics and Government Unit Three: Studying Africa through the Humanities Module 11: African Literatures Module 12: African Art Module 13: African Music Module 14: Religion in Africa Module 15: Africa and the World Unit Four: Regional Perspectives Module 16: North Africa Module 17: West Africa Module 18: Central Africa Module 19: East Africa Module 20: Southern Africa Unit Five: Country Case Studies Module 21: Egypt Module 22: Ethiopia Module 23: Senegal Module 24: Ghana Module 25: Nigeria Module 26: Tanzania Module 27: Congo Module 28: Kenya Module 29: South Africa Module 30: Zimbabwe Country Overview News Special Topics Lesson Plans Store Acknowledgements South Africa 2013 photo by Casie Forbush Ghana 2007 photo by Rebecca Kolar Ghana 2007 photo by John Metzler Tanzania 2014 photo by John Metzler Home Mission Statement is produced and developed by the African Studies Center (ASC) at Michigan State University in an effort to address the severe shortage of high quality African resources available to students and educators, particularly at the K-12 level. As an academic community comprised of more than 200 scholars who study Africa from a diversity of more than 20 disciplines, we are acutely aware of the need to provide learners and educators with resources that help them to engage Africa in a comprehensive manner, taking into account the continent’s rich diversity and complexities. Recognizing that for many people their only formal introduction to Africa will come in during their K-12 schooling, is a serious attempt to provide this important community with curricular resources based on solid interdisciplinary scholarship that provide them with the opportunity to adequately engage Africa through knowledge, resources, and thoughtful learning activities that allow students to construct a more comprehensive and sympathetic appreciation for and understanding of Africa. The MSU African Studies Center is a National Resource Center for the study of Africa (Title VI Center) that mandates the Center to actively engage the K-12 community in promoting the study of Africa. In addition, the Center is a unit of Michigan State University, the oldest Land Grant university in the U.S., that takes seriously its charge to share knowledge with educational communities locally, regionally and nationally. In the spirit of this dual mandate, the ASC and its faculty has a long tradition of working with the K-12 community (students and teachers). Exploring Africa is a commitment to work with and share high quality curricular materials with this important community in a more comprehensive and systematic manner. Countries Select Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo (Republic of Congo) Cote d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland (Eswatini) Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Africa News Africa: Female Genital Mutilation Is On the Rise in Africa - Disturbing New Trends Are Driving Up the Numbers May 13, 2024 Madagascar: Madagascar’s Ancient Baobab Forests Are Being Restored By Communities - With a Little Help From Ai May 13, 2024 Mozambique: Terrorists Murder Ten and Loot Food and Vehicles in Macomia May 13, 2024 Mozambique: In the North of the Country - Two Jihadist Attacks Within Two Days May 13, 2024 Nigeria: Duchess of Sussex Praises Nigerian Women, Calls West African Nation ’My Country’ May 13, 2024 Introduction Video Contact Us expafr@msu.edu African Studies Center Michigan State University 427 N. Shaw Lane, Room 100 East Lansing, MI 48824 Dr. Isaac G. Kalumbu Assistant Director, Outreach African Studies Center 517-353-1700 kalumbu@msu.edu Copyright © 2024 . All rights reserved. Theme: Accelerate by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress...