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Re: Schools never teach the history of Africa

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GoodluckJonathanHat is not online. GoodluckJonathanHat
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21 Dec 2012 11:00 AM
The only part of african history that schools know is the trans-atlantic slave trade and ancient egypt. That is a shame
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megaluigi34 is not online. megaluigi34
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21 Dec 2012 11:05 AM
My social studies class taught me about South Africa, but that's it. That's the only country they mentioned. And all they mentioned about South Africa was apartheid and Neslon Mandela.
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mikeyman10ash is not online. mikeyman10ash
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21 Dec 2012 11:55 AM
I learned about Songhai, Benin, Mali, and Egypt. I'm home schooled though.

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Supremmacy is not online. Supremmacy
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21 Dec 2012 12:27 PM
Oddly enough the corn husker(me, in Iowa) is taught about almost every country in Africa, and the ancient kingdoms.


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Supremmacy is not online. Supremmacy
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21 Dec 2012 12:29 PM
We learned about Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Mali, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the DRC. That's all I can remember off the top of my head.


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mikeyman10ash is not online. mikeyman10ash
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21 Dec 2012 12:31 PM
@Supremmacy

I'm only taking 7th grade World History, but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

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TeapartywithSonic is not online. TeapartywithSonic
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21 Dec 2012 02:22 PM
I am learning about Egypt in Social Studies.
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ThaCruelLlama is not online. ThaCruelLlama
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21 Dec 2012 02:30 PM
I'm about to start researching Africa in the next term, all of it modern.

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AndrewCarnegie is not online. AndrewCarnegie
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21 Dec 2012 04:42 PM
i know egypt (not much though) mali (mostly mansa musa) and carthage (mostly hannibal)
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MahPizzaIsHere is not online. MahPizzaIsHere
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21 Dec 2012 06:25 PM
World History only deals with countries that have significance from an American perspective. Africa stopped being important when we stopped getting slaves from there. The remainder of African history is summed up in Black Hawk Down.
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mikeyman10ash is not online. mikeyman10ash
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21 Dec 2012 06:40 PM
Well Benin could've been considered a threat to America, considering they were in the rainforest/coastal areas of Africa, which is now Nigeria. There's a country called Benin near it though. To the West, I believe. America wasn't used to traversing rain forests, iirc.

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sinii is not online. sinii
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21 Dec 2012 06:47 PM
My school is teaching me about European imperialism in Africa, if that's enough.
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21 Dec 2012 06:51 PM
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NarutoFox12 is not online. NarutoFox12
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21 Dec 2012 07:45 PM
They don't teach us the history of africa because africa is a continent and the only history about it is how it separated from Pangaea.
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GoodluckJonathanHat is not online. GoodluckJonathanHat
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21 Dec 2012 08:47 PM
how could benin be a threat to america
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Cr4ft is not online. Cr4ft
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21 Dec 2012 09:18 PM
I had to learn about famous trade routes, cities, the swahili cultures, and alot more about Africa. I learned alot about Africa, I even have a pen pal in South Africa c:
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Laurisreinho is not online. Laurisreinho
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22 Dec 2012 02:33 AM
In Geography we have learned about almost each country and its capital.
In Culturology we have learned about the biggest empires.
Enough for me.
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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22 Dec 2012 03:13 AM
Africa doesn't have a lot of historical records.
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mikeyman10ash is not online. mikeyman10ash
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22 Dec 2012 07:06 AM
@Goodluck

Well for one thing, iirc Americans aren't the best at traveling through rain forests.

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GoodluckJonathanHat is not online. GoodluckJonathanHat
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22 Dec 2012 12:29 PM
@tenal

yeah, not written historical records but there are a lot of oral records
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mew96 is not online. mew96
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22 Dec 2012 01:38 PM
I was only taught how Europe completely ruined that place.

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gamert7 is not online. gamert7
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22 Dec 2012 01:39 PM
What is Africa?
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ExplicitBass is not online. ExplicitBass
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22 Dec 2012 02:44 PM
I don't get to learn it in school, but I read about it or watch videos about the history of Africa at home at times, it's quite interesting.
I think CrashCourse world history mentioned Africa a bit in a few videos.



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