THIS IS HOW NIGERIA BEAT POLIO!
Mandela’s birthday celebrated with a day of service in South Africa
Africa is a country!
This a great blog to follow news and information from and about the African continent!
Of course we don’t literally believe Africa is a Country (unlike say rapper Rick Ross). The title of the blog is ironic and is a reaction to old and tired images of “Africa”. We deliberately challenge and destabilize received wisdom about the African continent and its people in Western media — that definition includes “old (nationally oriented) media,” new social media as well as “global news media”.
My books explore how we live through the lens of what we have in common/ Discover Your World with the Goldman winners!
The Goldman Environmental Awards http://www.goldmanprize.org/ are a great way to introduce your students to people all over the world who are working in their communities. 2015 recipients are from: Kenya, Haiti, Canada, Scotland, Myanmar and Honduras. Get to know these grassroots heroes!
Chicago 10th grader wants to help her school know more about the African Continent
I have been corresponding with a 10th grader from Chicago who was born in Ethiopia and contacted me after she had read my article http://www.margyburnsknight.com/teachafrica.html . She hopes to work with a few teachers to create an elective next year. I told her on the phone that I would send her a her a copy of Africa is Not a Country and Talking Walls Discover Your World and when the books arrived be sure to read the last sentence in Talking Walls, a Nelson Mandela quote. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”