Achebe, Chinua.
Things Fall Apart
. New York: Everyman’s Press, 1958.
- In this classic African novel, written in English, the author explores early African society and culture. In it, Africa is not merely scenery but the central focus. This book will be used by students to understand African culture but also as a contrast to what we often see in western literature and film.
Beck, Roger.
World History: Patterns of Interaction
. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2003.
- An excellent world history text book. It provides a detailed thematic survey of world history, placing an emphasis on the impact geography has on the development of global societies.
Phyllis Raybin Emert (ed.)
Colonial Triangular Trade: An Economy Based on Human Misery
. New York: Discovery Enterprises, 1996.
- An excellent source for an overview of the Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage. Useful for teachers and students, includes many primary documents.
Fanon, Frantz.
Black Skin, White Masks
. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1967.
- Fanon examines and exposes how the colonized have been affected by the colonization. His focus is along lines of race; white and black. This book can be used as an extension reading assignment for more advanced students or enriching reading for any teacher teaching about the issues of race, slavery, or colonization.
Haskins, James.
Bound For America: The Forced Migrations of Africans to the New World
. New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1999.
- This book explains the history of slavery in Europe and Africa, as well as the growth and decline of the New World slave trade, with a storyline that is based on contemporary accounts and full-color and black-and-white drawings from a variety of sources
Memmi, Albert.
The Colonizer and the Colonized
. Boston: Beacon Press, 1965.
- The author explores the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. While explaining the reciprocal nature of the master/servant relationship, Memmi introduces the idea of the “mythical portrait” of the colonized and how this mythical portrait facilitates the domination of one another.
Ousmane, Sembene.
God’s Bits of Wood
. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1962.
- In this novel, Sembene Ousmane evinces the color, passion, and tragedy of the formative years of the late 1940’s in the history of West Africa.[RTF bookmark end: 04359095925000] It timelessly points out the dilemmas of the neo-colonial state. This is a novel that teaches the problems experienced by any once-dominated people.
Said, Edward.
Orientalism
. New York: Vintage Books, 1978.
- Orientalism, as the unique field of study of all things orient, is portrayed in this essay as an idea that is based on stereotype, myth, and, inevitably, racist notions. I will apply this concept to the study of Africans. It was the “Orientalist” approach to African studies that often justified European dominance and then New World slavery.
Ukadike, Nwachukwa Frank.
Black African Cinema
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- Considered the most up to date book on modern African cinema, the author explores the impact between culture and history on the development of black African cinema. An excellent source for an introduction to black African cinema, and also a great tool to help appraise African film.
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