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African News Review
For long the story of the hunt has glorified the hunters, now the lions have decided to reframe the narrative. Africa talks back.
With African News Review, you can expect engaging discussions and thought-provoking insights into
📌 The Scramble for Africa :Unraveling the European Colonial Divide
📌 African Leaders Who shaped History : Stories of Courage and Vision
📌 Pan Africanism : ideologies and Impact on Unity and Identity
📌 Decolonisation and the Birth of African Nations
📌 The Cold War in Africa: Proxy Battles and their Aftermath
📌 Contemporary Africa : Navigating Challenges and Embracing Opportunities.
📌 Books on Africa and African on the continent and the Diaspora.
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EP 4. Why Teach African History I African News Review 🌍
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The conversation explores the importance of teaching African history and the impact of racist depictions on African minds. It discusses the creation and dissemination of primitive images and stereotypes, as well as the role of media in perpetuating these stereotypes.
The conversation emphasizes the need for resistance and the importance of knowledge of African history in countering these narratives. It also highlights the power of different mediums, such as books, plays, and social media, in promoting African history and deconstructing misinformation. The conversation concludes with a call for curriculum revision and a deeper understanding of African identity.
In this conversation, Milton Allimadi discusses the challenges he faced with book distribution and the suppression of his physical book by the publisher. He shares his GoFundMe campaign to regain his copyright and make the book more widely available. Allimadi also highlights the racist depiction of Africa in the media, particularly by The New York Times. He emphasizes the importance of social media in spreading information and challenging the dominant narrative.
Allimadi shares insights into his writing process and future projects, including a book about Malcolm X's visit to Africa.
Africa is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.
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