Olejar Books

This book will explore conceptual and practical questions relating to teaching about Africa and the implications for schooling and education in Diasporic contexts. It focuses on the importance of Africa as an international socio-political educational issue in the 21st century. For the educator the objective is to uncover how the myriad interests and issues about Africa, including contemporary challenges and knowledge systems can shape the development of curricula and critical instruction in diverse schooling settings. At the theoretical level the book raises some ontological and epistemological questions about teaching methods and methodologies relating to Africa.Among specific issues to be covered in the book are African Indigenous knowledges and what the rest of the world can learn from these knowledges, how do present problems such as HIV/AIDS, genocide, poverty and human exploitation reflect larger international issues such as the legacy of colonialisms, and the enslavement of African peoples.