09 Nov Article Review
1) a brief summary of the main issues covered; 2) why you chose this article and how it fits into the class; and 3) at least one Inquiry Question (a question that seeks to understand not just what happened but WHY and HOW it happened).
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00080128.html
e Objectives
To promote international geographic and cultural literacy and a greater awareness of Africas
position
within the context of global societies;
Africa and the World
–
Fall
20
1,
Dr. Salm
2
To identify and discuss the main themes of African history and recognize the
historical and cultural
links that bind Africa to the rest of the world;
To understand more recent conflicts in Africa and learn how we can employ our knowledge of
Africas world links to understand globalization and underdevelopment in a different light;
To reevaluate perceptions of Africa, to recognize the dynamic nature of African culture
,
and to apply
new knowledge of the different cultural agents that have acted upon it;
To
employ
the methodologies that historians
use
to analyze the past. To learn how
to assess historical
materials
their relevance to a given interpretative problem, their reliability and their importance
and
to determine the biases present within particular scholarship
To foster critical and analytical thinking and writing skills
