Students in Grade 2 will study Yoruba and West African cultural values in order to understand how Kossula’s cultural values helped him to survive enslavement and led to the creation of Africatown. (Note: This is Part 4 of a 4-lesson unit plan. See “What were the Yoruba cultural values and traditions that Kossula and his […]
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Oral Storytelling – Our Past & Our Present
Students in Grade 9 and Grade 10 will study the role of oral history in preserving Africatown’s history and the history of the Clotilda survivors in order to understand the complex relationship between oral history traditions, truth, and their own family history.
What were the Yoruba cultural values and traditions that Kossula and his community members learned as children?
Students in Grade 2 will study Yourba and West African cultural values in order to understand how Kossula’s cultural values helped him to survive enslavement and led to the creation of Africatown. (Note: This is Part 2 of a 4-lesson unit plan. See How did Yoruba cultural values influence the building of Africatown? from Laurie […]