DUE: See HUM 211
Course Plan: Week #2. Cora's copy of to be turned in at the end of class.
Extra Credit Option:
E-version for webposting
1. Write an African Praise Song for
yourself.
2. Then write a line-by-line Explication
of your praise song.
Use the guidelines
and examples offered by
African Praise Songs
(handout distributed in
class) to help you--especially "What's in an African Name?" the
Dogon praise song "Ambara, The Interpreter," and its line-by-line
Explication.
Also available in Cora's Online Reserve:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci_articles/praisesongs.htm
See also
Student Praise Songs
(from Hum 211, Fall 2000) for more
examples.
URL:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/studentpraise.htm
3. Source Reviews: Explore some of
the following web sources, cite two that you find valuable, then
explain why you recommend each source as valuable.
Africa.
Thirteen/WNET- Nature-National
Geographic Television. PBS - Public Broadcasting System,
[first aired] 2001. 6 Jan. 2003. Home Page:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
Halsall, Paul,
ed.
"Internet African History Sourcebook." 2001. Internet
History Sourcebooks Project. History Dept., Fordham Univ.,
New York, 2001. 1 Jan. 2003.
Index URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
“Key
Moments in Life Chapter.” Art and Life in Africa
Project. School of Art & Art History, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa
City, IO. Rev. 1999. 6 Jan 2003.
URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/chapters/KML.html
Mutere,
Malaika.
"Introduction to African History and Cultural Life."
[An African Historical Framework | Ancient Empires and States | Culture &
Aesthetics | Glossary & Bibliography.] African Odyssey
Interactive [AOI]. Kennedy Center ArtsEdge (Washington DC)
- African Society of the National Summit on Africa, 1998 - 2003.
1 Jan. 2003.
Entry URL:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/hg/ae-guide.html
See also
African Visual and Performing Arts. [Directory of web
resources.] The Kennedy Center African Odyssey
Interactive. No date. 6 Jan. 2003.
URL: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/vpa.html
Smithsonian National
Museum of African Art (Washington DC), 2002. 1 Jan.
2003.
Enter URL: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/NMAFAgen.htm
The Story of Africa. BBC World Service Programmes:
Africa in History and The Story of Africa (aired
2001-2002). BBC World Service - British Broadcasting Company
World Service, London, UK, 2003. 1 Jan. 2003.
Home Page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml
Programmes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section16.shtml
Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
PBS - Public Broadcasting System,
[first aired] 1999. 1 Jan. 2003. Home Page:
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/index.html
