does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?
C’mon, there are lots of NBA fans outside of the United States.
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CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoNot everyone is from North America. That is like me asking you, does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Soulg@ani.social 21 hours ago
If only that question was a direct response to someone talking about an American historical figure by name.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Tbh, it should. American educations don’t touch Africa barring a dip into Egypt, which usually compresses the dynasties in a way that does nothing for a deeper understanding. Even as someone with a BA in history, that watched the course listing like a hawk for “history of the Sahel” or “history of the Mali empire” or some lovely 3000-4000 course - nothing.
I should have been taught who Nkrumah was. And Léopold Senghor, and Kenyatta…
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Instead, I lean on The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith. Which is a good book, but by a journalist, not a historian.