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Cultural Curriculum Chat with Jebeh Edmunds
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S2 Ep #1 My favorite African Books Part 1: Grades K-High School
On this episode, we will talk about some inspirational African books that are needed at home and in your classroom. This episode is part 1 of my series of books I want to share.
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Hello, everyone. Today we will talk about some inspirational African books that are needed at home and in your classroom. This episode is part one of my series of books I would love to share. The next part of my favorite African book sequence will be for our adult readers. There are many false narratives about African culture, and I wanted to showcase lots of positive images and relevant stories about the vast tapestry of African life in our stories. Hello, everyone. My name is Jebeh Edmunds and welcome to my podcast, the cultural curriculum chat. I'm an educator and finding books with perspectives of both African and African American lives is my passion. We're going to focus today on some of my favorite African books that you can pick up today. For me telling stories is as natural as breathing, I'm a storyteller at heart. And I grew up listening to my mother share her favorite anansi, the spider stories, or she and many Liberians would call him just spider. This story of mischief, and getting a taste of spiders on medicine, sparked a love in myself to search for more stories about our wide variety of African stories, because remember, no African country is the same. And even within an African country, each tribe has its own differences, and things that makes them special and important. So for me, that obsession of finding as many stories, both fiction and nonfiction, that talks about the African experience was something that I've turned this passion into a business. And I can't wait to share more of these titles with you all. So when we explore and understand one story, it gives us a deeper understanding of who we are in this human experience. And I'm going to share with you my favorite African storybooks that you can get today, even in your library. It's really easy to access. So like I said before, these are my favorite. And no darlings, I am not getting any special commission or any affiliation. I am just doing this out of the goodness of my heart. And I really want you to share these stories with your children. I have to share with you that you can find a copy of this list of stories that I'm going to share with you in this podcast, that you can send it home to your families to have a cute little book list. And we'll you know it I've got something special up my sleeve. I even created some lesson plans. There's not all of them are done on this list. So if you see a little Asterix, that means that that lesson plan is up in my shop on Jebeh edmunds.com, you can purchase my lesson plans right there and download it on your computer. And don't worry, you don't have to be a teacher to download the lesson. I made sure all of my lesson plans are straight to the point and easy to follow. And I even created some really fun graphic organizers or we I don't like the word worksheet, but something fun as an activity for your students or your child. So check it out. And now without further ado, let's get it going. So for my kindergarten to second grade crew, even my preschool kids, you can definitely enjoy these books. I love the story called we all went on safari by Laurie Krebs and Julia Karen's, I've been reading this book for oh man 15 years now. And it's a counting journey through Tanzania. Now what I love is it. It has these cute little rhyming words and the number and the counting by Swahili in order one through 10 and it also focuses on the Messiah cultural group, the ethnic group of the Messiah people really, really fun easy to read along. My students really loved the column response if I would count like more Joe one, Bailey two tattoo three, even a four ton or five seater six Saba 798 t sun nine and 10 Kumi, and we put our fingers up in order, and I tell you, the kids just got so energized by counting to 10 in Swahili very important book and also to correlate that Swahili language and Another favorite book of mine is jumbo means hello, this Swahili alphabet book now, I know it's a classic, but I tell you it's an oldie and a goodie from Muriel and Tom feelings. This one is awesome. It really describes ordinary daily life in the Swahili cultural groups. Remember, Swahili is a dialect. It is a language and it's spoken with many, many countries that speak it. So when people think about the language of Swahili, they usually just think of Kenya as there's more countries that have Swahili speaking peoples in it. So I love it. It's, of course the A through Z. But I just love how the words and that correlate with the ledgers like for W what total means children. You know, lipo as another favorite one of my students love to read. lipo is payment. And so you'd hear some of my students go, Oh, you owe me a lipo is I really use it in good context. Okay. So we've got that we've got cautery boo, which means welcome when you are entering somebody's home. Another fun one that my students really loved. When every time I would read it, I would say m bay for E for mango. So all of these words, from A through Z have really cool phrases and meanings that your students can understand. Another favorite book of mine, for our K through two crew is called boundless grace by Mary Hoffman. It's a sequel to Amazing Grace, if you remember that beautiful little girl, Grace who wanted to be Peter Pan in the first book, The second book, boundless grace, I really love it talks about grace, reuniting with her father, and her father is back home in the country of the Gambia, which is in the western region of Africa. So she travels with her grandmother, and gets to know her father and his family, and the traditions that they have. So a really great book and what I love about this book and talks about that families are all different, and they're all valued and loved and respected. So I really would love for you to grab that book as well, because students need to see that all families exist. So this is really, really good. For my third through fifth grade kiddos, I definitely recommend the book one hand, this was actually in our curriculum or reading curriculum of wonders, but I found this book years ago, and it's written by Katie Smith middle-way and illustrated by eugenius. I'm sorry, you Jeannie Fernandez. This one hen really shows our main character, Kojo on how micro loans work and how sustainable it can be. This is a great economics unit. I mean, your social studies to show how one animal or one trade could really build sustainable wealth. So definitely recommend this book one hand, learning about the vast majority of multiple African tribes and traditions. This one is one of my favorites. It's called a shaunti to Zulu African tradition, it showcases 26. I mean, come on. There's over 2000 different African tribal, ethnic groups. But this one in particular is, of course, like the alphabet, A to Z. And they showcase the different ethnic groups and their cultural values. page by page bonus, my ethnic group, my tribe, I belong to the vibe people is the letter V. So of course, I have to represent right. And so it is one of my favorite, favorite favorite books. What I love the most is it talks about the children and it talks about, you know, the roles of the family and people who live in the mountains, like the Dogon people, and it gives kids the idea that yes, there's different groups of people on the same continent and different things that they hold important. So also a very, very great book to have on your shelves. Because remember, representation is very important for my middle to high school students. This book series, the kings and queens of North Central East and West Africa. By Sylveon Anna Dion, you're going to learn about the kings and queens in the southern parts of Africa. And what happened when colonization took place there. A lot of us are familiar with the Zulu people. But there are also different groups as well as the new Zynga people as well as the people that lived in the area of Wanda. So there are tons and tons of great resources. Another great read off one of my favorites. This is a memoir, and it's titled of beetles, and angels, a boy's remarkable journey from a refugee camp to Harvard. By mo y. Asha goon. It is an inspiring memoir that every high school should student needs to read. This book will give you a feeling that anything is possible. I just wanted to share with you that with this book, and like I said, a lot of our middle and high school students are only familiar eyes with the civil rights era or the chattel slavery era, but they're not versed in to Africans in the diaspora Africans that maybe fled here, that was not their choice as refugees, and how they overcame language barriers, financial barriers, even cultural barriers. And this, this book, I read it several years ago, and it is very powerful and, and I feel like students can relate to this man story. So definitely get this book, in your literature, circles and even at home parents read this book first and have these discussions and read it with your child. I also created lesson plans, I go along with these books. So some are in the process. So keep a lookout on my shop as well be sure to give my podcast a five star review to reach an even wider audience with my fun and engaging content. Thanks again for listening, and I'll see you next time. Bye bye.