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5.4 African Diasporas

Social Studies · Grade 7 · 4 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Meaning of African diasporas
  • Factors that contributed to the presence of African diasporas across the world
  • Countries inhabited by African diasporas by 1960: USA, Brazil and France
  • Role of the diasporas in the political development in Africa
  • African diasporas and promotion of African unity today

What you will be able to do

  • explore the factors that contributed to the presence of African diasporas across the world
  • locate countries inhabited by African diasporas by 1960 on a world map
  • assess the role of the diasporas in the political development in Africa
  • acknowledge the African diasporas and promotion of African unity in society today

Key questions

“How can we promote collaboration between continental Africans and African Diasporas?”

“How can we promote African Unity in society today?”

Lessons

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  1. African diasporas and the factors
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Define African diasporas and explore factors that placed African people across the world, including force and later movement.
  2. Locate diaspora countries by 1960
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Locate the USA, Brazil and France on a world map as countries inhabited by African diasporas by 1960.
  3. Diasporas in Africa's political development
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Assess how African diasporas contributed ideas, support, return leadership and pressure to political development in Africa.
  4. Diasporas and African unity today
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Acknowledge African diasporas, write slogans, and state how to collaborate and promote African unity now.