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All readings are available as pdfs from your course website. Follow and read documents linked below. Login and click on "ereserves". Take some notes that you can return to. | All readings are available as pdfs from your course website. Follow and read documents linked below. Login and click on "ereserves". Take some notes that you can return to. | ||
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*Reader, John. 1997. "The Atlantic Slave Trade," Africa: A Biography of the Continent. New York: Vintage. (excerpted in pdf, pp. 377-403) | *Reader, John. 1997. "The Atlantic Slave Trade," Africa: A Biography of the Continent. New York: Vintage. (excerpted in pdf, pp. 377-403) | ||
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*Bierschenk, Thomas. 2009. "Democratization without Development: Benin 1989-2009." International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society no. 22 (3):337-357. | *Bierschenk, Thomas. 2009. "Democratization without Development: Benin 1989-2009." International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society no. 22 (3):337-357. | ||
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*Mama, Rauf. 1998. "The Dance of Poverty." In Why Goats Smell Bad and other Stories from Benin, edited by Rauf Mama, 45-50. North Haven, Connecticut: The Shoe String Press. | *Mama, Rauf. 1998. "The Dance of Poverty." In Why Goats Smell Bad and other Stories from Benin, edited by Rauf Mama, 45-50. North Haven, Connecticut: The Shoe String Press. | ||
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| + | *Idrissou Mora Kpai, ''Si Gueriki'' The Queen Mother. (Video) | ||
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| + | *Hass, Philip, ''Kings of the Water'' (Video) | ||
*Millenium Development Goals for Benin: | *Millenium Development Goals for Benin: | ||
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:*IndexMundi, "Benin MDGs" [http://www.indexmundi.com/benin/millennium-development-goals.html] | :*IndexMundi, "Benin MDGs" [http://www.indexmundi.com/benin/millennium-development-goals.html] | ||
| − | *Easterly, William. 2006. The White Man's Burden. New York: Penguin. | + | ===Development=== |
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| + | *Easterly, William. 2006. The White Man's Burden. New York: Penguin. (excerpt) | ||
*Using agriculture to challenge Africa's triple threat. Fr. Godfrey Nzamujo, founder of The Songhai Center. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caw2htKiT0I] or, Father Godfrey - How the South Can Feed the North [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xbGsFg046I] | *Using agriculture to challenge Africa's triple threat. Fr. Godfrey Nzamujo, founder of The Songhai Center. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caw2htKiT0I] or, Father Godfrey - How the South Can Feed the North [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xbGsFg046I] | ||
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==Other Resources== | ==Other Resources== | ||
Here is an accessible blog presentation of the Songhai concept. [http://olawaleojo.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/training-at-songhai-farms-porto-novo-benin-10-things-you-should-know/] | Here is an accessible blog presentation of the Songhai concept. [http://olawaleojo.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/training-at-songhai-farms-porto-novo-benin-10-things-you-should-know/] | ||
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This page contains the reading list for the "common packet" of the Benin 2014 Learning Community. Individual students are enrolled in Philosophy 301: Introductory Ethics, Philosophy 495: Philosophy of Culture: Benin, or Broadcast 380: Special Topics.
Here's the reading list for the common packet. We did wind up with a fair amount of reading, but we also want to encourage you to pursue other reading from the program library and investigate new topics of your own.
Contents
Benin Learning Community Common Packet
All readings are available as pdfs from your course website. Follow and read documents linked below. Login and click on "ereserves". Take some notes that you can return to.
History and Politics
- Reader, John. 1997. "The Atlantic Slave Trade," Africa: A Biography of the Continent. New York: Vintage. (excerpted in pdf, pp. 377-403)
- Gardinier, David E. 1997. "The Historical Origins of Francophone Africa." In Political Reform in Francophone Africa, edited by John F. Clark and David E. Gardinier, 9-23. Westview Press.
- Bierschenk, Thomas. 2009. "Democratization without Development: Benin 1989-2009." International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society no. 22 (3):337-357.
Culture and Everyday Life
- Mama, Rauf. 1998. "The Dance of Poverty." In Why Goats Smell Bad and other Stories from Benin, edited by Rauf Mama, 45-50. North Haven, Connecticut: The Shoe String Press.
- Idrissou Mora Kpai, Si Gueriki The Queen Mother. (Video)
- Hass, Philip, Kings of the Water (Video)
- Millenium Development Goals for Benin:
Development
- Easterly, William. 2006. The White Man's Burden. New York: Penguin. (excerpt)
- Using agriculture to challenge Africa's triple threat. Fr. Godfrey Nzamujo, founder of The Songhai Center. [4] or, Father Godfrey - How the South Can Feed the North [5]
Other Resources
Here is an accessible blog presentation of the Songhai concept. [6]
