Today, South Africans vote in their fifth democratic election. Here’s a round-up of images and links: April 27 marked the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic election, which South Africans celebrate annually as Freedom Day. To learn more about the end of apartheid and South Africa’s 1994 elections, visit South African History Online. They’ve got a timeline of electionsContinue reading “#SAVotes2014 #20YearsofFreedom”
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Last Day of Class!
Today was the last day of class, so my six Overcoming Apartheid Junior Seminar students enjoyed a South African feast! World Market provisioned us with Ceres litchi juice and Mrs. Ball’s chutney. Bobotie is certainly one of the Cape”s best known dishes with a bit of a controversy around it. Is it of Cape MalayContinue reading “Last Day of Class!”
On the Anniversary of Hani’s Assassination
Today in 1993, Thembisile “Chris” Hani was assassinated. Januzs Walus, an anti-Communist Polish refugee who had close links to the Afrikaner nationalist AWB, shot Hani in front of his Johannesburg home. Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis was implicated in the assassination. Both men are still serving prison sentence for the murder and Derby-Lewis has been attackedContinue reading “On the Anniversary of Hani’s Assassination”
ICYMI: #DayofDH
In case you missed it, I blogged yesterday for #DayofDH over at my #DayofDH site. I posted about my morning digital routine, teaching African history in the digital age, and using digital tools to make workshop planning easier. I summed it all up using Storify. If you don’t know about digital humanities, the Day ofContinue reading “ICYMI: #DayofDH”
Tomorrow I’ll be blogging on my #DayofDH site for the annual Day of DH project. Day of DH brings together scholars interested in digital humanities from around the world. But tomorrow is today in Taiwan, from where the first #DayofDH post comes! Stay tuned for more! http://dayofdh2014.matrix.msu.edu/jillekelly/
Twitter in the Classroom: Early African History
This week Gradhacker hosts #digped week. Their “Seven Things I Learned from Teaching with Twitter” post forced me to reflect on my experience teaching with Twitter in the fall semester. As I plan for next year, is it something I will try again? I used Twitter in a course on African History to 1880. ForContinue reading “Twitter in the Classroom: Early African History”
One of my favorite Modern African History lectures
I was going to share all of these great links on Twitter, but thought a single post might bring it all together. This lecture on decolonization and Pan-Africanism in Ghana is one of my favorites to give in the Modern African History course because of the great videos and reading materials with which students canContinue reading “One of my favorite Modern African History lectures”
Oscar Pistorius in Australia?
Laziness or ignorance? Which one is worse? #MapQuizNecessary So the #OscarPistorius trial is taking place in Australia? pic.twitter.com/yjsrNmjgPM — CapeTalk on 567AM (@CapeTalk) March 11, 2014 h/t @JohnEdwinMason
View of Table Mountain from Bishop Colenso’s House, Natal
“Painting 364” Kicking off the new website & blog with this image of my research area from the Kew Marianne North Online Gallery. North visited Bishop Colenso’s home sometime during her 14 years of travel between 1871 and 1885. Her South African paintings are lovely, but I am of course partial to this one of TableContinue reading “View of Table Mountain from Bishop Colenso’s House, Natal”
