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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the application of African Diaspora Literacy in K12 schools and teacher education programs. The book emerged from a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Abroad project to Cameroon, West Africa, which was focused on African Diaspora Literacy. The project was guided by the African principle of Ubuntu (I am because we are). The 15-member team was comprised of eight faculty members (representing five universitiesBenedict College, Michigan State University, South Carolina State University, South University, and the University of South Carolina), one community member, two K12 administrators, and four K12 teachers from high need schools. The inclusion of such a diverse group of participants in the Kamtok project (e.g., professors, K12 teachers, community members) lent itself to producing rich data that captured both the intellectual scholarship and layperson's experience with equilateral consideration. The purpose of the project was to gain firsthand knowledge, artifacts, doc
Table of ContentsPreface: What’s Africa to Me, Gwenda Greene PART 1—CURRICULUM APPLICATIONS Chapter 1: Goin’ Back to (Re)Claim What’s Mine: A Call for Diaspora Literacy in P-20 Spaces, Lamar L. Johnson Chapter 2: Revitalization of Indigenous African Knowledges among People in the African Diaspora, Gloria Boutte, George Johnson, and Asangha Muki Chapter 3: Exploring African Diaspora Literacy with Elementary Students, Saudah Collins, Martay Monroe, and Gloria Boutte Chapter 4: Using African Diaspora Literacy to Teach Middle School Social Studies, Julia Dawson and Antoinette Gibson PART 2—TEACHER EDUCATION Chapter 5: Centering African Diaspora Literacy to Reinvent Educator Preparation, Damara Hightower Chapter 6: A Call for “Work Woke” Educators: Actuating Diaspora Literacy to Raise Critical Consciousness, Gwenda Greene Chapter 7: Telling Our Stories; Sharing Our Lives: Storytelling as the Heart of Resistance, Dywanna Smith PART 3—INDIGENOUS AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES Chapter 8: African Spirituality: Implications for African Diaspora Education, Bonwong Bruno, Lambert Wirdze, Mary Lum Chapter 9: Cameroon Pidgin English: An Overview and Implications for Instruction in Anglophone Cameroon Education, Rodrick Lando and Ntain Patience Chia Chapter 10: Indigenous Holistic Healing: The Medicine Cabinet of African Diaspora Literacy, Kenric B. Ware and Marcelus U. Ajonina PART 4—INSIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS Chapter 11: Insights and Reflections: Thoughts on Transformation, Dywanna Smith Appendices About the Authors
