Online Course Pack Table of Contents

The African Diaspora: Backgrounds
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/Diaspora.htm
     Definitions: African "Holocaust" & "Diaspora"
     "Involuntary Immigrants"
     WWW Links on African Diaspora
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/Equiano.htm
    1789: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,
        or Gustava Vassa, one of the first slave narratives, is published in English.
     Summary of Equiano's Story
     1789 Review of Equiano's Narrative
     The Modern Importance of Equiano's Slave Narrative
     More WWW Links
See also Hum 211 Discussion #2 Forum
Student Reports on Topic #1:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc2_frm.htm
Amistad: The True Story
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/Amistad.htm
     "Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport"
     Amistad: The Film
See also Hum 211 Discussion #2 Forum
Student Reports on Topic #2:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc2_frm.htm

I Is a Long Memoried Woman
Introduction to the film
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/womanintro.htm
Film Notes: Table of Contents:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/womanTOC.htm
1. The Beginning [The Middle Passage & "Days That Fell"]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/woman1.htm
2. The Vicissitudes [Slavery in New World " Killing Fields" of Sugar Cane]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/woman2.htm
3. The Sorcery [The Obeah Woman Works Magic]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/woman3.htm
4. The Bloodling [Sweet tainted perfect child, swim...]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/woman4.htm
5. The Return [Rebellion, Return, & Closing]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/woman5.htm
See also Hum 211 Discussion #2 Forum
Student Reports on Topic #3:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc2_frm.htm

Religions of the New World Diaspora
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/DiasporaReligion.htm
Hum 211 Links: Diaspora more African-Caribbean web resources:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/linksdiaspora.htm
See also Hum 211 Discussion #2 Forum
Student Reports on Topic #4:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc2_frm.htm

Introduction to African Literature: Literary-Cultural Contexts
(Slide Presentation Outline Week #5 TV Meeting: Tues., Feb. 5, 2002):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/introafricanlit.htm
Things Fall Apart Study Guide:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebTFA.htm
Chinua Achebe In His Own Words
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe2.htm
See also Hum 211 Discussion #3 Forum
Student Literary Journal Reports on Things Fall Apart:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc3_frm.htm

1992 Achebe Interview Excerpt:
"'If One Thing Stands, Another Will Stand Beside It'...":
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/achebe1992.htm
Reviews of Chinua Achebe's Essay Collections:
Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975) | Hopes and Impediments (1988):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/achebereview.htm
"Things Fall Apart: The Loss of a Tribe's Livelihood"
Student Writing by Chris Shepherd (Hum 211, Fall 1998):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/students/shepherd.htm

More Background Resources:
African Story Telling
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/afrstory.htm
African Authors: Chinua Achebe (Table of Contents):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm
African Oral Arts
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/oralarts.htm
Cross-Cultural Studies: Some Considerations includes excerpts from an Interview with Chinua Achebe:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/crossculture.htm
Images of Africa more excerpts from Interview with Chinua Achebe:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/images.htm

Of Related Interest:
Africa and Africans in [Joseph] Conrad's Heart of Darkness, by Candice Bradley, includes "Achebe's Critique & Images of Illness in Africa": http://www.freespeech.org/james/conrad/heart.htm

Achebe, Chinua. "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness." In Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays. [By Chinua Achebe.] 1988. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1990. 1-20.
During Winter 2002, Cora has placed Hopes and Impediments, by Chinua Achebe, on COCC Library Reserve.
At other times, this book can be checked out from COCC Library (2nd floor)
Call Number: PR9387.9.A3 H6 1990

Chinua Achebe: A World of Ideas [videotape]. Interview with Chinua Achebe, conducted by Bill Moyers and aired on Bill Moyers' PBS television series A World of Ideas (1989). PBS Video, Public Affairs Television, WNET/New York and WWTTW/Chicago, Alexandria, VA; 1989. Films for the Humanities, 1994. 28 min.