Images of Africa
1970; Howard University; Volume: 39; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2966840
ISSN2167-6437
AutoresE. Perry Hicks, Barry K. Beyer,
Tópico(s)African history and culture studies
ResumoAmerican secondary school students view Africa south of the Sahara as a hot, primitive land where wild beasts prowl the steaming jungles stalking and being stalked by black savages armed only with spears and poison darts. They see it as a strange land of huts and drums and mystery. Their image of this region is filled more with diamonds and precious minerals than with such staples as groundnuts, yams, manioc, and sorghum. It is built more upon the adventures of explorers and missionaries than upon the quiet routines of farming and fishing or the hurly-burly routines of urban trade and commerce.
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