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Travel back in time to Africa
When you get back from summer break, St. Andrews
history professor, David Herr, wants to take you back in
time, and on a journey to Africa!
If you axe looking for an opportunity to add a three
credit course I would like to call your attention to a
special offering next semester: Africa and the African
Diaspora. This history course is open to anyone and
will be an exciting opportunity to leam about Afirican
history from our visiting faculty Nana Amponsah.
Mrs. Amponsah is a native of Ghana, so she brings a
personal perspective to understanding Africa. She
will include a rich diversity of materials presented
through different media and will offer great discus
sions where Africa's past connects to our present.
HIS 290 Africa and the Afirican Diaspora
Open to non-majors, no history experience necessary.
This course explores the rich historical and cultur
al narratives of Africa and its connections with the
Adantic world. Africa is a diverse and large continent,
with different regions (North Africa, the Sahel, the
Horn of Africa, Central Afiica, West Africa, East
Africa, and Southern Afnca), societies, histories, and
cultures. We will focus on such themes as, the idea of
Africa; major characteristic institutions; key features
and events of the pre-colonial era, including the Slave
Trade; womens roles; and cultural constructions of
identity as it relates to music, art, food, and dress cul
tures. Brought to the New World as part of the largest
forced migration in history, Africans and their descen
dants have drawn upon their experiences to create
enduring cultural forms that seem simultaneously to
be thoroughly diasporic and distinctly African. We
will explore how best we can understand the diverse
cultural practices of African peoples in the Americas;
the African origins of some of those practices; and
how they are related to one another and still connect
ed with Africa.
Politics Professors Howard Rticbner, Neal Bushoven and Larry Schulz hold a
forum to share insists into the world and the impact of ^bal events on
Americans.
Regions in Chaos: Why Should We Care
about What Goes on in the Middle East
and North Africa?
By Alice Harrison
Editor
Turn on the news any time and
you will see confirmation of
chaos in many areas of the world.
While many of us here worry
about what our next grade will
be, many other people worry
whether they’ll live even another
day. The recent turmoil in Syria
proves that even when things
look promising, the world is full
of surprises — some bloody and
horrible.
But what does this have to do
with us? Quite a lot. We are the
future. And we must leam. Here
in the United States, we are a
diverse community, but not even
we are immune to a certain
degree of homogeneous thinking.
Asking ourselves, “Why should
we worry about what happens in
someone else’s backyard?”
Admittedly, we here at St.
Andrews are lucky, lucky to be
able to feel the wind on our faces
without having to worry about
what’s behind our backs, to be
able to walk across the causewalk
without dodging bullets. But
there are places in the world
where these opportunities do not
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culty of routines] are about a twenty,”
Best said. “Performing a routine is the
easy part. Learning it and perfecting it is
a whole different story.”
On the plus side. Best says that a typ
ical routine isn’t long, and that it is
mosdy just a matter of discipline
“It usually takes us about a week to
learn a routine after that we simply per
fect it,” Best said.
With a support structure already in
place, plans are underway to start the
next academic year strong.
“St. Andrews get ready for an amaz
ing 2011-2012 school year,” Best said.
“The SAPC Knights cheerleaders are
here and we aren’t going anywhere!"