West Africa
“They Forge Their Own Iron Work”: The Transatlantic Slave System, African Iron Working, the Industrial Revolution, and Reflecting on Our Work
Discussion of teaching the African influences on the Industrial Revolution
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“The Total Liberation of the African Continent”: Kwame Nkrumah’s Independence Speech and Decolonization
Discussion of Kwame Nkrumah’s independence speech as a tool to teach decolonization
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“We Will Fight in Every Way We Can”: Teaching Decolonization from 1945 to 1955
Discussion of how to teach decolonization from 1945 to 1955 using African and Asian primary sources
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“Those Who Suffer Under Colonial Oppression Must Join Hands”: International Anticolonialism in the Interwar Years
Discussion of teaching anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s as a global movement
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“Indirect Ways of Expressing our Patriotism”: Centering Women in Teaching Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
Discussion of teaching women’s anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
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“The World Will Be Reconstructed”: Four Visions of Anticolonialism in 1920
Discussion of how to teach the various anticolonial strategies of 1920.
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“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples
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“We Must Not Refuse Them”: Finding African Voices and Stories in the Transatlantic Slave System
Discussion of how to read against the grain to understand lost voices in the transatlantic slave system.
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“We the Natives of Togo”: Polite Resistance to Imperialism in German Togoland
An example of elite resistance in Togoland to German imperialism
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“The Questions Were Asked by the Teachers”: Decolonizing Pedagogy in World History Classrooms
A discussion of the civilizing mission, colonial education, and how we decolonize our pedagogy.
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