• Africa Access was founded in 1989 to help schools, public libraries, and parents improve the quality of their children's collection on Africa

 

  • Africa Access Review, our online database, contains over 1000 annotations and reviews of children's books written by university professors, librarians, and teachers most of whom have lived in Africa and have graduate degrees in African Studies.


  • Africa Access persuaded the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association to establish the Children's Africana Book Awards. Since 1992, more than sixty awards have been presented to authors and illustrators.

 

  • Africa Access supports an Africa-oriented book club and provides field tested reading and research activities.

 

  • Africa Access helps writers locate African Studies scholars who can evaluate manuscripts and provide important feedback and suggestions. Requests for consulting services should be sent to:

    Ask@ AfricaAccessReview.org

 




Meet the Author & Illustrator,
Library of Congress
Children's Africana Book Awards Ceremony,
National Museum of African Art

6:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2011


 
Teaching About Africa K-12 Conference
November 2011

International Africa scholars convened in Washington, DC for the African Studies Association 54th Annual Meeting. In conjunction with this conference, the ASA offered a special workshop for teachers on Saturday, November 19th. The program included presentations and teaching materials from scholars and educators representing Africa centers at universities across the country. This year’s conference also featured a showcase of exemplary school-based projects on Africa in the fields of visual arts, literary arts, performing arts, science, history, and more.

Sessions at the workshop included presentations and materials for teaching about:

  • Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind
  • Medieval Africa: Kingdoms of Ghana & Mali
  • Mighty Maps: Hands-on Project for Studying Africa in Contemporary Ways
  • Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement – Human Rights and the Environment
  • Teaching about Africa in a Global Perspective
  • Discovering Africa in America: Recent Research and Resources
  • Teaching about Africa through Arab Eyes: Common History & Post-Colonial Misery
  • African Novels in the Classroom
  • Interpreting Crises, Celebrating Success: Helping Students Understand Post-colonial Africa

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Workshop Location:  

The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Wardman Towers
2660 Woodley Road NW
Washington, DC 20008 US
Tel: 202-328-2000
Fax: 202-234-0015