Interesting. Is that typically part of a world history class/lesson?
Do you learn about the Cape Slave Trade parallel to the Atlantic Trade?
I'm working towards being a history teacher, and I'm really interested in what methods are used for teaching what things around the world.
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Well I'm in university now, but we learnt world history as well as local history, usually in relation to each other.... we did learn about cape slave trading and how chiefs actually allowed it in exchange for goods we hadn't previously heard, I remember Sartjie (Sarah) Baartman as our most famous example... mostly though we learnt about the world wars, the revolutions and black empowerment in America vs Apartheid and the fight for independence in neighbouring countries
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I really like that idea of local history as it relates to world history and vice versa, exemplified by blacks in the USA compared to Apartheid.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm more interested in why they even asked her this question? Seems kind of like the interviewer is just prodding her for a reaction, but I'm not sure who this woman is. Can someone clarify if the interviewer is being an ass or if this question is relevant to her?
Do they also teach the importance of diversity? Do they have quotas for minority white people in African countries and African universities because as we all know diversity is critically important to EVERYTHING. Or is it just white societies that need to have diversity?
If they don't teach much about US history, do they teach about African tribes enslaving other tribes, and selling slaves to the white Devils? Or is slavery just a big deal for Americans?
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I mean, if your people were being took by another country, I'd think you should learn about it.
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"Your people"
There are over 50 nations in Africa. Which people are you talking about?
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· 7 years ago
I'm not here to teach a fuckin history class, I don't have the energy to think about which specific country and frankly I don't care, I'm not debating over this bs you nugget
Hell, the Africans made it famous in biblical proportions. Remember the Jews in Egypt?
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So, not going to answer my question?
And what kind of nugget am I?
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@unklethan well if you wanna get technical, back in those days most, if not all of those African countries didn't exist yet, so we're not talking about a specific country, more just about the various tribes and peoples of the African west coast
You do know that at one point in time or another each race was a slave. Even white people. Romans loved their blonde hair blue eyed slaves.
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@yimmye
Technically, yeah, not countries as we know them today. There were some definite regions and kingdoms though.
Mali was one of the kingdoms dismantled by Europeans, but Ethiopia staged a marvelous resistance and was not occupied by Europe.
So I agree, but I'd push us not to generalize the peoples of Africa as simply tribes, when some of their kingdoms were greater (in size and might) than many countries today.
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Yeah, that's why I also added "peoples" as a catch-all term that could mean anything from small villages to sprawling kingdoms, simply because I know very little of the way people lived in that area of the world during that time period
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*thumbs up*
I have nothing more to add at the moment, but I acknowledge your comment.
Do you learn about the Cape Slave Trade parallel to the Atlantic Trade?
I'm working towards being a history teacher, and I'm really interested in what methods are used for teaching what things around the world.
Thanks for sharing.
If they don't teach much about US history, do they teach about African tribes enslaving other tribes, and selling slaves to the white Devils? Or is slavery just a big deal for Americans?
There are over 50 nations in Africa. Which people are you talking about?
And what kind of nugget am I?
Technically, yeah, not countries as we know them today. There were some definite regions and kingdoms though.
Mali was one of the kingdoms dismantled by Europeans, but Ethiopia staged a marvelous resistance and was not occupied by Europe.
So I agree, but I'd push us not to generalize the peoples of Africa as simply tribes, when some of their kingdoms were greater (in size and might) than many countries today.
I have nothing more to add at the moment, but I acknowledge your comment.