Week 1 & 2 Study Guide

1,1 – The Invention Of Africa
WHAT IS AN AFRICAN?
WEEK 1
1,2 – Conclusion To Wretched Of Earth
1,3 – Johnny Clegg – Third World
2,1 – I Am African
WEEK 2
2,2 - Discussion

Learning Outcomes:
Once you have completed the activities for Week 1 and 2, it will be clear to you
that:
1.Africa and African are both concepts (or ideas), and realities.
2.The concepts of Africa and African were different under the colonial powers than
they are now, or may be in the future.
3.That Africans are defining their own realities and visions of Africa in many ways.
NB* ACTIVITIES:
•You will have 3 attempts for each activity.
•All activities are multiple-choice.
•All activities are compulsory.
•One activity needs to be completed before you can begin the next.
•Your highest grade from your attempts will be recorded.

Week 1 & 2 aims to set the tone for the module by engaging with a critical process of
thought provoking questions, resources and activities aimed at gaining consensus
around the question of what it means to be African?
It is unlikely that there is a single South African who is not aware of the call to
decolonise South African universities, the “Rhodes must Fall” or the “Fees must Fall”
campaigns that have characterised South African universities since 2015 and 2016.
These activities took place at universities precisely because these are the places
where new knowledge is created, existing knowledge is transmitted, and outdated
knowledge is challenged. Questioning and challenging existing knowledge is how
thinking changes, how new knowledge is created, and so the debates these events
have generated are essential to our campuses and to the creation of new ways of
thinking about who and where we are in our particular history.
Before we can decolonise, or Africanise, we need to be able to define what we mean
by “Africa”.
In this unit, we present to you a variety of sources, written, spoken and visual, and
ask you to consider these questions: What is Africa? What is it to be an African?

1. Read The Article
Or
Listen to the audio book
2. Complete The Activity On Blackboard,

1. Read The Article
Or
Listen to the audio book
2. Complete The Activity On Blackboard,
TIP:
Move between
the reading tab
in your browser
and the test tab.

Read the lyrics to the song by Johnny Clegg: Third World
Child or watch the video below,
TIP:
Move between
the reading tab in
your browser and
the test tab.
Complete The Activity

1. Read or Watch Thabo Mbeki’s speech, “I am an African”.
2. Complete The Activity On Blackboard,

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