Exploring African Life and Literature

About the Editors

Contributors

Foreword
Allan Stratton

Preface
Teaching Human Rights in the Era of Globalization
Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Linda J. Rice

Part I: Getting Started

Chapter 1
Rationale for Using Novel Guides to Explore African Life and Culture Through Literature
Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Linda J. Rice

Chapter 2
Building Students' Background Knowledge of African Life and Culture
Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Linda J. Rice

Part II: Novel Guides to Explore the Arab World in Northern Africa

Chapter 3
Life in Sudan: From Slavery to Freedom
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Chapter 4
The Struggle of Arab Women to Lead Self-Determining Lives
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Part III: Novel Guides to Explore the Life and Culture of People in Central Regions of Africa

Chapter 5
Voices Resisting Colonial Rule in Nigeria
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Chapter 6
Conflicts in Rituals and Politics in Kenya
Linda J. Rice   FREE!

Chapter 7
Rites of Passage for Young Girls in the Central Regions of Africa
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Chapter 8
Connections and Communication Across the Continents: From Ethiopia to the United States
Alexa L. Sandmann

Part IV: Novel Guides to Explore the Life and Culture of People in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 9
Exploitation Through Child Labor and Animal Poaching in 19th-Century South Africa
Linda J. Rice

Chapter 10
Racial Tensions, Injustice, and Harmony in South African Literature
Linda J. Rice

Chapter 11
The Struggles for Human Rights in the Young Adult Literature of South Africa
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Chapter 12
Life and Literature in Botswana: Resolving Cultural Conflicts to Create a Better World
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Chapter 13
Cultural Conflicts and Choices for Education of Young Women in Pre- and Post-Colonial Zimbabwe
Jacqueline N. Glasgow, Kara Haas

Part V: Resources to Explore Africa Through Film, Children's Literature, and the Oral Tradition

Chapter 14
Using Film Media as Visual Text for Studying the Rwandan Genocide
Ruth McClain

Chapter 15
Children's Literature as a Means of Exploring African Life
Allison L. Baer

Chapter 16
Exploring the African Oral Tradition: From Proverbs to Folk Tales
Jacqueline N. Glasgow

Author Index

Subject Index