Revised HIST 374Q Active Learning Assignment – Fall 2023

The Active Learning Assignment will be to compile LEARNING RESOURCES based on the syllabus weekly topic and course assignment requirements that can be added to by students (and other faculty). These learning resources will be housed or uploaded on the CUNY Academy Commons website after the compilation by students and the instructor at the end of the Fall 2020 semester. Students will research appropriate learning resources pertaining to each week’s topic and compile information such as videos, articles, books, web links, from various sources. The learning resources that students will compile will be incorporated into the syllabus as “additional learning resources”.

 

Title: Africa and the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade OER / ZTC project

Link: https://hist374.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Tag: An OER / ZTC project for HIST 374: Africa and The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Course, Fall 2020 at York College, CUNY.

Students will decide together in the course discussion thread the Creative Commons or CC license attributes. Students final presentation will be included in the resources that will be uploaded to the project page. All work independently or collaboratively done by students will be designated and protected with the following Creative Commons license attributes below.

Additional information on Creative Commons can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/

Compilation of Select Additional Learning Resources

PDF DOWNLOAD: Active Learning Assignment – Additional Learning Resources

Introduction to Africa before 1500

Videos

• Video: (Africa before 1500 – 21 minutes) – The World: A Television History #15 Africa Before The Europeans – YouTube
• (What were Africans doing in 1492?  – 13 minutes): What Were Africans Doing In 1492? – YouTube

Africa before 1500

Resources on African Civilization before European Colonization

• (African History from 1500) – Chapter 9: African History to 1500 | World History to 1700 (lumenlearning.com)

Videos

• 5 Reasons Why The African Continent Fell – YouTube
• Nok Culture: A History Of Ancient West African Culture – YouTube

Top 10 African Contributions To World Civilization – YouTube

African Civilizations Before European Contact

Readings

• History of Africa: General History of Africa (unesco.org)
• Global African History Timeline: Global African History Timeline (blackpast.org)
• Africa Facts: People of Africa: PEOPLE OF AFRICA – over 20 interesting and key facts (interesting-africa-facts.com)
• Africa: People, Geography, Fact (Britanica): Africa | History, People, Countries, Map, & Facts | Britannica

Videos

• • PBS series by Henry Louis Gates, Jnr. on African Civilizations: Why we’re overdue to know the brilliance of Africa’s civilizations – YouTube
  • Great Kings and Queens of Africa – YouTube
  • Faces of Africa: Keepers Of The Ark – YouTube
  • Ancient Africa & World History: 8th Century BC – YouTube

African Kingdoms and Empires

Videos

• African Empires – YouTube

Lost kingdoms of Africa: Series 1 – 4

• Lost Kingdoms of Africa 1 of 4 Nubia – YouTube
• Lost Kingdoms of Africa 2 of 4 Ethiopia – YouTube
• Lost Kingdoms of Africa 3 of 4 Great Zimbabwe – YouTube
• Lost Kingdoms of Africa 4 of 4 West Africa – YouTube

Key Civilizations and Contributions / Commerce and Trade in Africa from 1500

Commerce and Trade from 1500

• Commerce and Trade 1500 – Subsaharan Africa (saylordotorg.github.io)
• The Spread of Islam in Ancient Africa: The Spread of Islam in Ancient Africa – Ancient History Encyclopedia

Videos

Key Civilizations and Contributions

• Africa’s Great Civilizations:  Why we’re overdue to know the brilliance of Africa’s civilizations – YouTube
• African Empires:  African Empires – YouTube
• Stolen Legacy of African History: stolen legacy of african history ft Asa Hilliard and Dr. Ben (Black PPL) – YouTube

Coming of the Europeans

Videos

• First Contact Between Europe and Africa – YouTube
• The World: A Television History #15 Africa Before The Europeans: The World: A Television History #15 Africa Before The Europeans – YouTube
• What Gods Do Africans Worship? – YouTube

Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa: Types of Slavery / Role of Islam

Readings

• History of the African Slave Trade (thoughtco.com)
• Types of Enslavement in Africa and the World Today (thoughtco.com)
• The Role of Islam in Slavery in Africa (thoughtco.com)
• Slavery before the Trans-Atlantic Trade 
• African Passages, Lowcountry Adaptations 
• Lowcountry Digital History Initiative (cofc.edu)

Videos

• • Slavery In Africa Before Europeans: BASIC NIGERIAN HISTORY #10 – YouTube
  • European Transatlantic Slave Trade: BASIC NIGERIAN HISTORY #11 – YouTube
  • Atlantic Slave Trade Video – YouTube

Africa and The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Origins and Growth

Guest lecture / presentation by Professor Oluremi Alapo and Chief Ifakunle of Oyotunji Village, S. Carolina on “The origins and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade” (Thursday October 15, 2020).

Zoom class presentation: Oluremi Alapo’s Personal Meeting Room – Zoom

Contact: About OAV – Oyotunji

Readings

• Slavery before the Trans-Atlantic Trade · African Passages, Lowcountry Adaptations · Lowcountry Digital History Initiative (cofc.edu)
• https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources
• The Making of the Atlantic World: http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0001
• The Doctrine of Discovery, 1493 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade: pdf (sps186.org)
• Mutiny on the Amistad – HISTORY
• Pre-colonial Africa | Slavery and Remembrance

Videos

• Atlantic Slave Trade Video – YouTube
• 3.1 The Atlantic Slave Trade (18th c. Caribbean) – YouTube
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24 – YouTube
• 5 African Royals That Were Taken In The Atlantic Slave Trade – YouTube
• Top 10 African Tribes Taken In The Atlantic Slave Trade – YouTube

The Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade

Guest speaker: Dr. Wale Ajibade, Executive Director of African Views Organization will discuss “the Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa” (Thursday October 22nd).

Zoom class presentation:  Revised Lectures on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – YouTube

Contact: African Views Organization: www.africanviews.org

Readings

• History of the African Slave Trade (potsdam.edu)
• Images of Enslavement and the Slave Trade: https://www.thoughtco.com/images-african-slavery-and-slave-trade-4122913
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/atlantic-slave-trade
• Transatlantic Slave Trade | Slavery and Remembrance

Videos

• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – YouTube
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade : History Documentary on the Middle Passage (Full Documentary) – YouTube
• Atlantic Slave Trade Video – YouTube

Effects of Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa

Guest Speaker: Prof. Carl Patrick Burrowes (Thursday October 29, 2020): “A discussion on the country of Liberia” – see week 13 for more on Liberia.Contact: Home – (patricksplace.org)

Suggested Resources from Prof. Carl Patrick Burrowes

• My book titled “Liberia & the Quest for Freedom”: (Know Your Self Press | Know Your Self Press).
• Slavery and Salvation – History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 17] – YouTube

• Mother Africa – History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi. A series on African History where Dr. Burrowes appeared as a historian: Mother Africa – History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 1] – YouTube

Readings

• U.S. Slavery: Timeline, Figures & Abolition – HISTORY
• 5 Facts About Enslavement in the Americas (thoughtco.com)
• The slave trade’s effect on African societies – Implications of the slave trade for African societies – Higher History Revision – BBC Bitesize
• Slave Voyages – (database and other info documenting account of the TASD)
• General History of Africa (unesco.org) – (volume set on African History)

Videos

• The Africans: A Triple Heritage – Program 1: The Nature of a Continent – YouTube
• Africa’s Great Civilizations | PBS by Henry Louis Gates
• The Untold Story Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade in West Africa – YouTube
• Slavery and Suffering – History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 16] – YouTube

Abolition of Slave Trade

Readings

• Abolitionist Movement History | Suggested Sites | History, Facts (findhistoryhere.com)
• Timeline of the Abolitionist Movement: 1830 – 1839 (thoughtco.com)
• timeline-of-abolition-movement-1830-1839-45408 – Bing images
• frederick-douglass-abolitionist-and-advocate-45214 – Bing
• Abolitionist Pamphlet Campaign (thoughtco.com)
• Slavery in the Age of Revolutions | Slavery and Remembrance

Videos

• Slavery and Abolition in the United States – YouTube
• Abolition of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade – UN Chief – YouTube

The Abolition and Impact of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa: Repatriation (Liberia and Sierra Leone) 

Guest Speaker: CCLP – Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals: “Access to Justice and Legal Recourse” on Thursday 11/19/20.

Contact: Susan Prensky, Coordinator

New York State CCLP: (212) 791-1364

Readings

• See week 10 notes with Prof. Carl Patrick Burrowes
• doc (ictj.org)

Videos

• Enslavement to Emancipation – YouTube
• How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People? – HISTORY

Resources compiled from University of Michigan Exploring Africa program:

http://slaveryimages.org/

http://www.slavevoyages.org/

http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm;jsessionid=f8302488171375121090540?bhcp=1

http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/sally/

http://slavebiographies.org/main.php

 

Slave Forts – Slave Forts

In addition between 1801 and 1803, there had been a successful slave revolt in the Caribbean island nation of Haiti, which shook people throughout the Americas to realize that this system of slavery could be challenged and overthrown. Under the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave in 1804, Haiti became the first black republic in the world and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. To learn more about the history of Haiti, explore the website: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/Haiti-history.htm

The Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade: Africa and People of African Descent: 400 Years Later.

A discussion by Professor Oluremi Alapo, course instructor for HIST 374 on Human Rights issues / Challenges.

Contact:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of History, Philosophy, and Anthropology — York College / CUNY

Adjunct Faculty, Center for Ethnic Studies – BMCC (cuny.edu) / Social Sciences Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), CUNY

Special Advisor to the Secretary General of IHRC / Director for Global Education, Leadership Training and Youth Development – IHRC | International Human Rights Commission Relief Fund Trust (ihrc-hq.org)

Advisory Committee Member, African Views Organization

Director, Institute for Peace and Leadership, Inc. | Research, Advocacy and Workshops on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 on Gender Equality, Empowering women and Girls and SDG 16 on Peace and Justice

Readings

International Human Rights

• IHRC | International Human Rights Commission Relief Fund Trust (ihrc-hq.org)
• OHCHR | CHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• Human Rights | United Nations
• Human Rights Day 10 December (un.org)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
• Protect Human Rights | United Nations
• Human Rights Day 10 December (un.org)

New York State Human Rights

• New York State Division of Human Rights | (ny.gov)
• Division of Human Rights | The State of New York (ny.gov)

NYC Commission on Human Rights: Human Rights (nyc.gov)

New York City Human Rights Law: The Law – CCHR (nyc.gov)

International Decade for People of African Descent

• Slavery Remembered | Slavery and Remembrance
• Geography in the News: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Remembered – National Geographic Society Newsroom
• International Decade for People of African Descent | United Nations (2015 – 2024)
• Programme of Activities for the Implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent | United Nations
• Intl Decade for People of African (A_RES_69_16_EN) – Microsoft Word – N1463579 (ohchr.org)
• OHCHR | International Decade for people of African descent
• International Decade for People of African Descent – General Assembly of the United Nations
• The Durban Declaration (document): CONF.211.PC.3.3 (un.org)
• Durban Review Conference, 20-24 April 2009 (un.org)

Videos

• IHRC | International Human Rights Commission Relief Fund Trust (ihrc-hq.org)
• OHCHR | CHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• Human Rights | United Nations
• NYC Commission on Human Rights: Human Rights (nyc.gov)
• Human Rights Day 10 December (un.org)

“Africa and People of African Descent: 400 years later / 1619 – 2019: Year of Return back to Africa for People of African Descent”

Presentation on Education and Re Writing History / Reparations by Dr. Akil Khalfani

Dr. Akil Khalfani, (Congressional Candidate, West Orange, New Jersey) and Director, Africa Institute at Essex Community College, NJ.

Zoom class lecture: Reparations! – YouTube

Pan Africanism / Reparations for Africa, Africans and People of African Descent / Bill H.R 40 (December 1, 2020).

Suggested Resources from Dr. Akil Khalfani

Movies / Documentaries:  watch these movies to understand why reparations are needed

• SANKOFA – What Does the Principle of Sankofa Mean? – YouTube
• Roswood – (series) Jan. 5, 1923 – Rosewood, Fla., Destroyed by White Mob – Bing video
• Black Wall Street – Tulsa, OK – What is ‘Black Wall Street’? History of the community and its massacre (cnbc.com)

Books: read these books to understand the need for traumatic healing

• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Menakem, Resmaa (9781942094470) (allbookstores.com)
• Post traumatic slave syndrome – Bing

Contact:

Home | Khalfani4USCongress (akilkhalfani.com)

Readings

OER / ZTC readings on Remembering the Trans – Atlantic Slavery

• Ways of Recording African History | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (metmuseum.org)
• Telling a Transatlantic Story, Together | Slavery and Remembrance
• Many Voices, Multiple Perspectives | Slavery and Remembrance
• Atlantic Lives (meet those that experienced the Trans – Atlantic Slavery): People | Slavery and Remembrance

OER / ZTC readings on Bill H.R 40 [The African American Bill]

• Everyone Wants to Talk about Bill H.R 40 but for how long? Reparations: House Committee Explores H.R. 40 to Study – The Atlantic 
• Proposal for An Africans American Act: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (2015; 114th Congress H.R. 40) – GovTrack.us
• Bill H.R 40: Bill Track – H.R. 40 | Congressional Chronicle | C-SPAN.org (c-span.org)
• Booker Reparations Bill: Booker Reparations Bill Reaches 12 Senate Cosponsors
• The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America: The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America – Wikipedia
• Bill History in the Congressional Records: Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• H.R Bill is Not a Symbolic Act: H.R. 40 Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice. | ACLU of Northern CA (aclunc.org)
• Pass H.R. 40 Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act: Petition · U.S. House of Representatives: Pass H.R. 40 Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act · Change.org
• History of Bill H. R 40 on Reparations: History of H.R. 40 – A Bill To Address The Fundamental Injustice, Cruelty, Brutality, And Inhumanity Of Slavery In The United States And The 13 American Colonies Between 1619 And 1865 And To Establish A Commission To Study And Consider A National Apology And Proposal For Reparations For The Institution Of Slavery, Its Subsequent De Jure And De Facto Racial And Economic Discrimination Against African-Americans, And The Impact Of These Forces On Living African-Americans, To Make Recommendations To The Congress On Appropriate Remedies, And For Other Purposes; To The Committee On The Judiciary. – Content Details – HOB-2018-hr40 (govinfo.gov)
• H.R.40 – Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act: H.R.40 – 116th Congress (2019-2020): Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
• A RBG Guidebook for Reparations Studies | Slavery | Politics (scribd.com)

Videos

     OER / ZTC Video Resources on BILL H.R 40 

• H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice – H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice – YouTube
• House Hearings on Reparations: House hearing on reparations signals the issue is moving ahead – YouTube

OER / ZTC Video Resources on Reparations

• Watch live: Danny Glover, Ta-Nehisi Coates testify in House hearing about slavery reparations – YouTube
• The ACLU’s Declaration on Reparations – YouTube
• What Do Slave Reparations Mean? | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC – YouTube
• Van Jones: Blacks have sacrificed more for this country than most – YouTube
• Inside Story – Slavery reparations: Is money the answer? – YouTube
• Race, Rights & Reparations on The Rock Newman Show – YouTube
• Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History – YouTube
• Congressman booed in reparations hearing – YouTube
• Reparations: A National Forum on Healing and Reconciliation – YouTube
• IMHO: Reparations & Accusations – YouTube

OER / ZTC reading resources on Reparations / Restoration / Atonement

Question 1: Should Congress apologize for the Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade? Why or Why Not?

Congress Should Atone for Slavery: Congress must officially apologize for slavery before America can think about reparations (nbcnews.com)

Question 2: After reading the proposal by the Commission below, do you believe that this is a comprehensive proposal or bill to justify for 400 years of African / American contributions to the United States?

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for “African – Americans Act”

• Text / Audio: R.40 – 116th Congress (2019-2020): Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Reparation Talks at the Democratic Primary Debate

The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained – Vox

Video resources on Reparations / Restoration / Atonement

• Castle has apology for African role in slavery – YouTube
• THE CAPE COAST APOLOGY 2018 – YouTube
• The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation. The – YouTube
• Congressman Cohen’s Speech on the Slavery Apology Resolution – YouTube
• Resolution Offers Apology For Enslavement And Racial Segregation Of African-Americans – YouTube
• United Nations honors victims of trans-Atlantic slave trade – YouTube

Reading resources on the year 1619 in US History

• The 1619 Project Aims to Change Middle America | RealClearPublicAffairs
• 1619: The Year That Shaped America  | AMERICAN HERITAGE [The Forgotten Year in American History]
• 1619 in America: 400 years ago, Africans arrived in Virginia (usatoday.com)
• Slavery in America Didn’t Start in Jamestown in 1619 | Time
• The First Africans | Historic Jamestowne
• The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History | History | Smithsonian Magazine
• Key Dates in U.S. History (dummies.com)
• S. Slavery: Timeline, Figures & Abolition – HISTORY
• 1619 and the Making of America

Video Resources on the year 1619

• The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in America – YouTube
• New York Times’ “1619 Project” explores legacy of slavery in America – YouTube

Video Resources on Slavery / Slave Trade Facts

• Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans? – YouTube
• The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – Anthony Hazard – YouTube
• 25 SHOCKING Facts About Slave Trade – YouTube

Resources on Africa Before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

• West Africa Before the Europeans: The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Black presence | Africa and the Caribbean
• Africa and the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade: The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Black presence | Africa and the Caribbean
• Britain and the Trade: The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Black presence | Africa and the Caribbean
• The Caribbean and the Trade: The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Black presence | Africa and the Caribbean
• Africa Before Trans Atlantic Slavery: Africa Before Transatlantic Slavery: The Abolition of Slavery Project (e2bn.org)
• Timeline of Africa before American Slavery: Africa Before Slavery – Timeline – Jim Crow Museum – Ferris State University
• An Ancient Practice Transformed by the Arrival of Europeans – WSJ

Resources on Maps of African Continent Before and After the Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade

• Evolution of the African Map from 1500: Untitled Document (princeton.edu)
• This is what Africa looked like before European colonialism (matadornetwork.com)
• Historic and Contemporary Maps of Africa: Complete Maps (usf.edu)
• Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Introductory Maps (Slave Voyages): Geography in the News: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Remembered – National Geographic Society Newsroom
• Africa Before Berlin Conference: Mapping History : From Colony to Independence – Africa before Berlin Conference (uoregon.edu)
• •  Are colonial-era borders drawn by Europeans holding Africa back?: American Economic Association (aeaweb.org)
• Africa and the Berlin Conference Maps: 130 years ago: carving up Africa in Berlin | Africa | DW | 25.02.2015
• The Dividing of a Continent: Africa’s Separatist Problem: The Dividing of a Continent: Africa’s Separatist Problem – The Atlantic
• Boundaries in Africa: Boundaries in Africa (geography.name)
• Resources on Year of Return back to Africa for People of African Descent
• Year Of Return – Celebrating 400 years of African Resilience…
• Beyond the Year of Return: Africa and the diaspora must forge closer ties | Africa Renewal (un.org)
• African Diaspora Rising — The Year of the Door of Return to Africa (ibw21.org)

Videos

• Year of Return: The African Americans moving to Ghana – BBC Africa – YouTube
• (166) Black Identity: A Return To Africa (The Ghana Report) – YouTube
• Black Excellist: 10 African Countries to Retire, Relocate, or Expat – YouTube

Resources on Slave Voyages / Migrations

• The Slave Trade | National Archives
• Collections :: The Transatlantic Slave Trade | Smithsonian Learning Lab (si.edu)
• Beginnings  |  African  |  Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History  |  Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress  |  Library of Congress
• The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | Black presence | Africa and the Caribbean
• African-American Migrations, 1600s to Present | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross | PBS by Henry Louis Gates

Maps: Slave Voyages / Migration Patterns

Image 1: Slave Voyages project at Emory University

Image 2: Major Coastal Regions where slaves left Africa from https://www.slavevoyages.org/static/images/assessment/intro-maps/07.jpg

Image 3: Number of slaves transported from Africa between 1650 – 1860 to the Americas  slave_trade_1650-1860_b-www.slaveryinamerica.org_3-1tl5xiw.jpg (600×351) (wpmucdn.com)

Image 4: The Middle Passage:

Remarks on the slave-trade … Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, No. 362 Pearl-Street [1807]. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

 

BOOKS

Amazon.com: The Harlem Street Nun: Autobiography of Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely eBook: Dr. Delois Blakely, Queen Mother: Kindle Store

Encyclopedia of African History – SILO.PUB

African Ancenstry.com African Ancenstry.com [Code: ADDI For 10% Off]. Any additional questions for Dr. Gina can be emailed to info@africanancestry.com

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