Africa Is Not a Country – Page 5

December 10, 2015December 22, 2015

December 10th is Human Rights Day!

http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

November 13, 2015December 22, 2015

Bye Bye Ebola in Sierra Leone.. a rap and dance to celebrate

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/12/455782919/sierra-leone-says-bye-bye-to-ebola-with-rap-song-and-hip-dance-moves

November 13, 2015December 22, 2015

The Great Green WALL Initiative in the Sahara!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/business/energy-environment/senegal-great-green-wall-sahara-desert.html?_r=0

October 26, 2015December 22, 2015

The Red Pencil wins 2015 Chidren’s Africana Book Award

http://africaaccessreview.org/africana-awards

October 24, 2015December 23, 2015

Somalian immigrant wins a seat in Canadian Parliament!

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-10-22/canadian-first-somali-immigrant-wins-seat-parliament

October 21, 2015December 23, 2015

Women in African History and another book about Wangari Matthai!

I ordered Wangari Matthai, The Women Who Planted a Million Trees yesterday and can’t wait to see how it compares to the other four books about Matthai. Ellen, the bookseller, told me that Matthai is included in the UNESCO Women in Africa series. Please let me know if you have used this website!http://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/