VOICES FROM THE CONTINENT: A CURRICULUM GUIDE TO SELECETED SOUTHERN AFRICAN LITERATURE

Voices from the Continent: A Curriculum Guide to Selected Southern African Literature, Volume 3 Sara Talis O’Brien and Renée Schatteman This curriculum guide provides anthropological and historical research as well as literary criticism on six narratives from Southern Africa: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head, Fools and Other Stories by Njabulo Ndebele, Six Feet of the Country by Nadine Gormider, and Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona. The background and critical materials are integrated into well-developed lesson plans, which include reproducible student handouts, teacher resources, and reading resources. Voices from the Continent will be a useful guide for college professors and teachers of English and social studies on the high school level who seek to diversify the standard curriculum by introducing students to modern African literature written or translated into English. The featured literary works are available in the United States a