Africa

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  • Reading Girl Named Disaster
  • Discussing and writing about the literature
  • Reading Things Fall Apart
  • Discussing and writing about the literature
  • Geography of Africa
  • Colonization of Africa
  • Present day Africa
  • Examining genocide in Africa and other countries

 

 

Girl Named Disaster tells the story of a year in the life of an African girl named Nhamo.  She lived in a traditional Shona village in Mozambique, but events force her run away.  On her journey she faces many obstacles, but learns more about herself and Africa than she would have if she had stayed in the village.
Things Fall Apart, details Nigerian tribal life before and after the coming of colonialism.

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