Education Africa

"Boys, let us get up a club." Six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South. This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America's democracy.

A guide to the African language of Fula (sometimes Pulaar, Ful, Fulani, Fulah Fulbe or Peul) as spoken primarily in north-west Africa including Nigeria, Senegal, Chad, Guinea, Benin, Congo and the Central African Republic. The language is estimated to have over 15 million speakers. This course provides an introductory guide to key words and phrases in the Fula language. The course comprises 28 sessions and review materials; it makes it possible for you to build a working understanding of Fula over approximately 4 weeks of regular study.

Discover the diverse cultures of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia with this introductory Tigrinya audio language course for complete beginners. Whether you're preparing for travel or connecting with relatives or your heritage, our course offers the essential tools you need to start speaking Tigrinya with confidence. Our Tigrinya language course is perfect for beginners who want to learn at their own pace. Start your journey today and experience the sounds and expressions of Tigrinya with confidence and ease.

Black women are heading to college in record numbers, and more and more Black women are teaching in higher education. But these statistics don’t guarantee our safety there. Willpower and grit may improve achievement for Black people in school, but they don’t secure our belonging. In fact, the very structure of higher education ensures that we’re treated as guests, outsiders to the institutional family—outnumbered and unwelcome.

Instead of just reading about Afrikaans, you learn through everyday conversations between native speakers. In each lesson, you hear a practical dialogue. Then, our teachers translate and explain every word — and you understand it all within minutes. Not only will you understand practical conversations, but you'll also be able to use the same phrases. Learn Afrikaans Bundle - Easy Introduction for Beginners focuses on everyday Afrikaans — the kind that you yourself will use in South Africa.

You must first learn to see your femininity as your superpower. Only then can you find your power and activate it. In the Yoruba religion, the seven powerful Orisha are thought to bring about miracles and change a person’s life. They can help you cross the divide between the natural and spiritual dimensions. The Orisha are compassionate beings who can bring healing and protection. But, these are not the only benefits; guidance in the world of romance is also offered.

In his meteoric, 13-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for civil rights - with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist prison escapee who tragically ends King's life.

Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any listener.

Discover the rich and vibrant language of Zulu with our beginner-friendly course designed to help you learn essential words and phrases effortlessly. Zulu, or isiZulu, is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa and is spoken by over 12 million people as their first language. Our five learning sessions are crafted to be engaging and enjoyable, ensuring that you stay motivated throughout your learning journey, helping you to perfect your pronunciation and understand the natural rhythm and intonation of the language.

In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America.

Kendrick “Perk” Perkins is known for his blunt, opinionated, “carry the hell on” commentary on ESPN’s most popular shows. As a fourteen-year NBA player and starting center for the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics, Perk earned a reputation as an enforcer, a fierce defender, and a great teammate. Now, In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America.

On the heels of the cult television hit Friday Night Lights, The New York Times best-selling author of The Junction Boys pens the story of Texas high school football integration, and the three men who put together a championship team.

Two hundred years ago, slavery had the Southern United States firmly in its evil grip. Around four million African Americans languished in the most appalling of living conditions, their lives controlled by people who saw them as objects. They were starved, whipped, and put to work despite being pregnant, sick, or so young that they could barely walk.

The Global Citizen Beginner Vocabulary Mastery audiobooks are intentionally and judiciously structured for vocabulary definition and pronunciation learning, retention, and recall for individuals who are completely new to the language!

1879 was a year of bloody conflict on the African continent. Cetsywayo, the Zulu chieftain, had wielded his armies with precision and care, defeating and driving his enemies before him. This courageous force finally butted heads with the British on the sweeping plains of Africa, inflicting grievous losses on the empire’s red coats. This book covers the conflict and the major political and military events that took place. Written the year after the war came to an end, the author weaves a compelling narrative that’s hard to put down.

This 15-session course teaches the basics of the Hausa language to complete beginners, starting with greetings and introductions and then advancing to more complex topics and sentence structures, but always keeping the focus on commonly used words and phrases. The first 14 sessions teach progressively more challenging vocabulary and the 15th and final session is a complete vocabulary review from the course. This is the ideal way to start learning the Hausa language as spoken primarily in West and Central Africa.

During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits - a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist - worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb.

This audio course is designed to introduce complete beginners to the Xhosa language, one of South Africa's 11 official languages, spoken by approximately 8 million people. Originating from the Bantu-speaking peoples of the Eastern Cape region, Xhosa is rich in history and cultural significance, representing a profound aspect of South Africa's heritage. The language is known for its distinctive clicks, which add to its uniqueness and beauty.

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s.

In 2020, heartsick from constant assaults on Black life, Tracy K. Smith found herself soul-searching and digging into the historical archive for help navigating the “din of human division and strife.” With lyricism and urgency, Smith draws on several avenues of thinking—personal, documentary, and spiritual—to understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.