African Collection Development Resources

Books
South Africa's Brave New World: The Beloved Country Since the End of Apartheid by
R.W.W. Johnson $21.68
From Booklist
Bound to cause intense controversy, this critical history of post-apartheid South Africa by
a well-known author and Johannesburg correspondent for the Financial Times, details
corruption, huge unemployment, violent crime, mismanagement, crony capitalism, AIDS
denialism, and, especially, the negative effects of affirmative action (“the greatest single
disaster to overtake the new South Africa”). Johnson names names, and it’s quite a
catalog: Mandela (characterized as old and frail, just a figurehead); President Mbeki (his
HIV/AIDS denial, his failed campaign to smear his successor, President Zuma);
Archbishop Tutu and the acclaimed Truth and Reconciliation Commission (“deeply
flawed, heavily biased, sloppy”); and many more. All the detailed local politics will be
too much for many U.S. readers, but Johnson speaks for a very influential opposition that
is gathering strength. American readers with South African connections will be intensely
interested in this account, but so will all readers who have followed the country’s
progress. As always, critics of change represent both reactionaries, who, in this case, long
for the good old apartheid days, and liberals disappointed that, for the majority, too little
has changed. --Hazel Rochman

You Tube Videos

“The Value of E-Learning with YouTube: Video Sharing for Education” by Sabah
Karimi
Video sharing with classmates on the social front is easy, fun, and rising in participation.
Education using multimedia and other visual aids has always been a strengthening
component of many subjects’ curriculum, and today’s educators are taking steps to
incorporate the Internet and media-based tools to improve participation and learning.
Still, video sharing on a small scale could prove to have multiple benefits.
Class projects that involve presentations or directions on how to do something could be
enhanced with video uploading. Imagine completing a video project with classmates,
uploading to a site, and linking the site to the class’s portal for everyone to view, share,
and rate based on the topic. It would be a great way to collaborate and provide ‘live’
feedback on ongoing projects; businesses do this today with a variety of online
collaboration tools, and teachers can make use of this process to their advantage.
Sahara Desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4dLGXPZYEw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh-KY6XKtyU&feature=fvsr&has_verified=1
Sahel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqsmOcY4ZEA&feature=fvsr
Kalahari Desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHiaFDGV-xE&feature=fvst
Savana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXCWqAB_i8&feature=related
United Streaming Videos
“Unitedstreaming creates many opportunities for teachers to reach out to their students,
accommodate their individual learning styles, and enhance their learning potential.” Kim
Montecucco
“We need something that is visual because our kids are visual learners. We need
something that will keep their interest, which is audio and video, and we need to set up a
learning situation where they can succeed.” Darcy D. Whitney
Africa’s Geography
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F27BD1D2-7A40-49C3-
89AC-1F7A72167D6C&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Nile River
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=CF5BD81C-F3E7-47BB-
9507-03387D61A897&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Sahara Desert
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=A768C870-4C96-4F6E-
8783-B97F37098C04&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Lake Tanganyika
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C5B1592D-F7E2-4FA9-
8239-86F5172F481E&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Lake Victoria
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=00A66074-C582-4E50-
9910-714A2D2DC79E&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Atlas Mountains
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C77A3D41-A87D-44F0-
AF65-8A600CA18E0D&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Egypt
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=27839FB2-73B3-4E8C-
ABDE-8C7580DD6F53&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Nigeria
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5BDD84A3
Kenya
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F050DAE6
South Africa
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=025BADAD-653C-40A6-
A8DD-302C653C0244
African Puzzles and Games
GeoToys Africa & The Middle East GeoPuzzle by GeoToys $11.90
By
JEK teacher (Marion, OH United States)
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: GeoToys Africa & The Middle East GeoPuzzle (Toy)
These puzzles are great for getting your geography straight...helps get all those countries
you've heard of and THOUGHT you knew where they were
in place. Because the puzzle pieces are cut along country lines you are much more aware
of size, borders etc. My grandkids liked them; my son said, "We ought to put these
together once a month;" and I enjoyed doing them too.
Online Games
Undoubtedly, without these recent technologies (i.e. digital games, Web 2.0, etc.) in the
classroom, strong lessons can still be achieved, but there’s a sharp disconnect between
the way students are taught in school and the way the outside world approaches
socialization, meaning-making, and accomplishment. It is critical that education
not only seek to mitigate this disconnect in order to make these two “worlds” more
seamless, but of course also to leverage the power of these emerging technologies for
instructional gain. Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Jennifer Groff, Jason Haas
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm
Online African Map Puzzle
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/africa-puzzle.html
Everything African
http://www.ibike.org/library/africakids.htm