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Exploring Africa

Exploring Africa. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. A Study In: Character Conflict Culture. Markers of Culture Gender roles Marriage and the family Celebrations Customs Government Agriculture. Explore these “signs” of culture. Click on the following link to explore culture:

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Exploring Africa

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  1. Exploring Africa

  2. Things Fall Apartby Chinua Achebe A Study In: Character Conflict Culture

  3. Markers of Culture Gender roles Marriage and the family Celebrations Customs Government Agriculture Explore these “signs” of culture. Click on the following link to explore culture: http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html Use this link through slide # 9. Examining Culture

  4. Examine the Following Aspects of African Culture: Kanga History and Writings African Stories African Folktales African Art, People, Culture http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  5. Kanga History • create a word document--name it Response to Africa VFT • What are kangas? • In what area of Africa did they originate? • What tribe? • What is their purpose? • What do American students wear that might be considered kangas? http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  6. Goldweights As Proverbs • Goldweights were small bronze figures, historically used for comparing the weight of gold dust. • In Akan oral literature, they represented a story or proverb that spoke a philosophy. • Keep this in mind in your exploration of Kanga writing. http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  7. Kanga Writings • From the list of 143 proverbs, select 5 that apply to any situation in the first five chapters of Things Fall Apart. • Record both the literal translation and the most common meaning. How is the advice accepted or rejected in the novel? • By whom and in what situation?http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  8. African Stories • Click on African Stories. • Choose two animal stories. • Read and respond in your word document. http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  9. African Folktales • Click on African folktales. • Choose two folktales. • Read and respond in your word document. • Summarize the tale. • What is the purpose of each folktale? http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/samafricael.html

  10. Some African Art

  11. African Art • Click on National Museum of African Art. • http://www.nmafa.si.edu/pubaccess/pages/divfrm.htm • Enjoy exploring this site; in the search on the left, check out “face masks from Nigeria” • Check out one other item in the choices--example--toys or weapons. • Report on them in the word document; • What did you find interesting? • What have you already noticed in your reading of the novel?

  12. African People and Culture • Click on African People and Culture • Explore the Igbo tribe by reading about its location, language, and daily life. • How does Achebe illustrate these characteristics in Okonkwo’s village? • Record examples and page numbers in your word document. • Next, take a look at the Yoruba tribe. • Record location, language, and daily life in your word document.

  13. African Music • Click on About African Music • What are the major characteristics of African music? • Make a list of some instruments. • Click on History of African Music. • Read one of the three sections, according to your interest. • Take notes in your word document; we will have a seminar discussion about African music. • Do you have any examples of music that you can trace back to African roots?

  14. More About African Music • Click on this and enjoy: • http://www.ethnix.com/Music/main.html • (This page is currently under construction, but should prove to be exciting to the students.)

  15. Sites for Further Investigation • http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/ • http://www.poetropical.co.uk/africa.htm • http://www.music-mosaic.com/ecom/tribal-music.htm

  16. About Chinua Achebe • "I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past - with all its imperfections - was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalf delivered them" (from Morning Yet on Creation Day, 1975)

  17. More Works by Achebe • No Longer at Ease, 1960 • The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories, 1962 • Arrow of God, 1964 • Chike and the River, 1966 • Beware Soul Brother, 1971 • How the Leopard Got His Claws, 1972 • The Drum, 1977 • The Flute, 1977 • Anthills of the Savanna, 1987

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