U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S AT U R B A N A -C H A M P A I G N
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Center for African Studies
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No. 91
Fall 2004
Jamie McGowan
Assistant Director
New Resources in African Studies
The Outreach Program of the Center for African Studies is designed to increase public knowledge about Africa
and also to enhance the broader community’s understanding of African peoples and cultures. Our programming
serves K-12 schools, community colleges, the media, community groups, the business community, and the
general public. The Center for African Studies website www.afrst.uiuc.edu includes detailed information for each
African country, newsletters, African studies indexes and bibliographic databases, language resources, Africana
videos, current events, and links to many relevant websites.
2004 Nobel Peace Prize
Awarded to Prof. Wangari Maathai, Kenya
"for her contribution to sustainable development,
democracy and peace"
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/
Interview with Prof. Wangari Maathai on Oct. 8, 2004 by
Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist:
Listen:http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/maath
ai-telephone.ram (RealPlayer)
Read:http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/maath
ai-telephone.html
Biographical Information
Official Wangari Maathai website
http://www.wangarimaathai.or.ke/home
Wangari Maathai from the Green Belt Movement
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/biographies.htm
Additional Information
Green Belt Movement
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is a grassroots nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya that
focuses on environmental conservation, community
development and capacity building. Prof. Wangari
Maathai established GBM in 1977, under the auspices
of the National Council of Women of Kenya.
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and
the Experience - New and Expanded Edition, by
Wangari Maathai. Lantern Books, 2004.
Previous African Nobel Laureates
J.M. Cotzee, South Africa
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2003/
Kofi Annan, Ghana, and the United Nations
The Nobel Peace Prize 2001
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2001/index.html
Ahmed H. Zewail, Egypt and USA
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999
http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1999/index.html
Nelson Mandela and F.W de Klerk, South Africa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1993/index.html
Nadine Gordimer, South Africa
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1991/index.htm
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1988/index.html
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1986/index.html
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South Africa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1984
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1984/index.html
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat, Egypt, & Menachem Begin, Israel
The Nobel Peace Prize 1978
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1978/index.htm
Albert John Lutuli, South Africa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1960
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1960/index.html
NEW RESOURCES: Center for African Studies, Outreach Library, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ages- 4-8
Asana and the Magic Calabash, by Sussan AlHassan
Young Adult/Adult
Abyssinian Chronicles, by Moses Isegawa
Bikes for Rent!, by Isaac Olaleye
African Creations: A decade of Okike Short Stories,
introduced by E.N. Obiechina
The Day Gogo Went to Vote, by Elinor Batezat Sisulu
The Famished Road, by Ben Okri
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret, by Florence Parry Heide
and Judith Heide Gilliand
Matters of Life and Death, by Lesego Malepe
The Drum, by Chinua Achebe
Fati and the Honey Tree, by Fatou Keita
Recipe for Disaster, by Lilian Tindyebwa
Talking Drums : A Selection of Poems from Africa south of
the Sahara, edited by Véronique Tadjo
Fati et l’arbre à mile, by Fatou Keita
The First Ones: Nehanda and Chaminuka, by M.H.
Tredgold
Illustrated Rhymes for Children, by Peter U. Ezike
The Kind Gang, by Bob Kisiki
L’Appel de Sosu, by Meshack Asare
My Great-Grandmother's Gourd, by Cristina Kesseler
Syankombo, by Duly Mudenda and Kansi Nagunga
Ages 9-12
Beauty Queen, by Barbara Kimenye
How Namudiguli Saved her Sister, by Gerald M.M.
Matovu
Journey to Jo’Burg, by Beverly Naidoo
Njamba Nene’s Pistol, by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
No Condition Is Permanent, by Cristina Kessler
No Turning Back, by Beverly Naidoo
Ruins of a Star, by Laury L. Ocen
Segi Finds the Radio, by Ken Saro-Wiwa
“Senegal“ FACES: The Magazine about People
Sunshine after the Rain, by Rose Rwakasisi
Tales by Moonlight, Nigerian Television Authority
Zulu Dog, by Anton Ferreira
Non-Fiction and Educational Resources
Africa at a Glance: Facts and Figures 2001/02, edited by
Elizabeth le Roux
The Art of the Personal Object, Philip Ravenhill
Art from Africa : Long Steps Never Broke a Back, by Pamela
McClusky
The Garland Handbook of African Music, edited by Ruth M.
Stone
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and
Zimbabwe, edited by A.K. Adzenyah, et. al. Audio
cassette.
Masks of Black Africa, by Ladislas Segy
Selected Works from the Collection of The National Museum
of African Art, edited by Suzanne Kotz
The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, by
William J. Dewey
Electronic Media: Videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs
The Forts and Castles of Ghana, narrated by Danny Glover,
2000. DVD
Freedom Now: Colonial Rule is Overthrown in India and
Africa, 1998. Video
The Healing Art of African Dance, 1997. DVD
Konkombe, The Nigerian Pop Music Scene, 1991 DVD
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and
Zimbabwe, by A.K. Adzenyah, et. al. Audio cassette.
The Heritage Library of African Peoples, Rosen Publishing Group. Series Editor George Bond.
Central
Ejagham
Fang
Gbaya
Kongo
Kuba
Luba
Mbuti
Ngoni
Sukuma
Tubu
Eastern
Agikuyu
Pokot
Akamba
Rendille
Ameru
Samburu
Booran
Turkana
Elmolo
Gabra
Kipsigis
Luo
Maasai
Mijikenda
Winners of the 2004
African Studies Association’s
CHILDREN’S AFRICANA BOOK AWARD
2004 Best Book for Older Readers:
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope,
by Beverley Naidoo. New York: Harper Collins, 2003
2004 Honor book for Older Readers:
Saba: Under the Hyena’s Foot, by Jane Kurtz.
Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company, 2003
2004 Best Book for Young Children:
Babu's Song, by Stephanie Stuve Bodeen & Aaron
Boyd (illus.) New York: Lee & Low Books, 2003.
2004 Honor Books for Young Children:
The Magic Gourd, by Baba Wagué Diakité. New
York, Scholastic, 2003.
Once Upon a Time, by Niki Daly. New York: Farrar,
Straus & Girous, 2003
Southern
Basotho
Swazi
Batswana Xhosa
Herero
Zulu
Khoekhoe
Lobedu
Merina
Ndebele
San
Shona
West
Asante Songhay
Dogon
Soninke
Ewe
Wolof
Fante
Yoruba
Fulani
Hausa
Igbo
Malinke
Mossi
Celebrating 10 Years of Democratic Rule
Freedom Day , Commemorating the first democratic
elections held in South Africa on 27 April 1994.
Official website of the South African Government
celebrating 10 years of Freedom
http://www.10years.gov.za/index.html
http://www.southafrica.info/10years/
http://www.dac.gov.za/democracy10/Default.asp
Sudan
Government of Sudan Website
http://www.sudan.gov.sd/english.htm
World Factbook on Sudan
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/su.ht
ml
South Africa
Library of Congress Information – Sudan
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/sudan/sudan
.html
Government of South African Website
http://www.gov.za/index.html
Darfur Information Center
http://www.darfurinfo.org/index.htm
World Factbook on South Africa
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sf.ht
ml
Human Rights Watch - Sudan
http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=sudan
Library of Congress Information – South Africa
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/southafrica/s
outhafrica.html
African Union and the Situation in Darfur
http://www.africa-union.org/DARFUR/homedar.htm
Center for African Studies
- Grant Opportunities for K-12 & Community College Teachers
The Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications from K12 teachers or community college instructors in Illinois schools for a summer fellowship of $1000. The
fellowship will support someone whose teaching of Africa content may be enhanced by using the
resources of the University of Illinois’ Center for African Studies, University Library, faculty members,
and/or acquiring materials for their classrooms and school. This grant will support curriculum
development projects conducted during the summer of 2005. The fellowships are not aimed at students
working on a Ph.D. dissertation or master’s thesis.
A sampling of past projects includes:
• Call and response songs from Africa ------------------------• A Passport to Morocco, Ghana, Rwanda, & Zambia -----• African short fiction -----------------------------------------------• African folklore, mythology and art ---------------------------• Coffee in African agrarian systems ----------------------------
(Music teacher, elementary school)
(Teacher in elementary school)
(English teacher, high school)
(Humanities instructor, community college)
(Geography instructor, community college)
Resources at the University of Illinois
Resources at the University of Illinois
The Center for African Studies is a National Resource Center supported by the U.S. Department of
Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act. The Center promotes interdisciplinary teaching and
research about Africa, and through its outreach office, it offers a number of teaching and informational
resources to a community and education groups on campus and beyond. These resources are funded by
the Center’s Title VI grant.
The University of Illinois Library is the largest public university collection in the world with over 40
departmental libraries and divisions, and the Africana collection is among the richest in North America.
An African studies librarian and staff provide bibliographic support and promote development of Africarelated collections that are established in a wide array of disciplines.
The Media Center at the library has developed a collection of videos, audiocassettes, and slides which
are available free of charge to university and affiliated faculty and students. The outreach office also has
books and audiovisual materials on African topics for public distribution.
The University of Illinois enjoys the holdings of two art museums that house African artifacts. The
Krannert Art Museum inaugurated in 1988 a permanent gallery of African art including most of the major
art styles from sub-Saharan Africa; and the Spurlock Museum holds a wide range of masks, figurines,
musical instruments, and textiles from all parts of the continent.
Application Procedure
Applications consist of a single page statement of proposed activity that includes how the applicant
expects the award will enhance their teaching of Africa (culture, history, arts, music, language, literature,
theatre, economics, and so on). Indicate in your proposal previous teaching or related experience in
Africa, the courses taught with African content and the percentage of African content covered in the
course. Applicants are further required to submit a curriculum vita and two letters of reference.
Awardees are expected to share the outcomes of their summer fellowship as a report that outlines the newly created
curriculum materials. The report is due by Sept. 15, 2005.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS March 15th, 2005
Center for African Studies
University of Illinois
210 International Studies Building
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
ATTN: Teachers’ Grants in African Studies