NEH on the Road: Wrapped in Pride

Recipient: Kirker, Jennifer Elizabeth (Freeport, IL 61032 USA) in affiliation with Freeport Art Museum

Goal: Ancillary public humanities programs to accompany the NEH on the Road: Wrapped in Pride traveling exhibition.

Grant: 199929 / MR-50054-09,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: NEH on the Road,   Year Awarded: 2009

NEH on the Road: Wrapped in Pride

Recipient: Knox, Anita (Wichita, KS 67203 USA) in affiliation with Kansas African American Museum, Inc. (Wichita, KS USA)

Grant: 191637 / MR-50015-08,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: NEH on the Road,   Year Awarded: 2008

NEH on the Road: Wrapped in Pride

Recipient: Clifton, Deborah J (Lafayette, LA 70501 USA) in affiliation with Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium Foundation (Lafayette, LA 70503 USA)

Grant: 194170 / MR-50032-08,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: NEH on the Road,   Year Awarded: 2008

African American Civil Rights Struggles in the Twentieth Century

Recipient: Gates, Henry Louis (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Harvard University

Goal: A four-week institute for twenty-five college and university teachers on the Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth-century United States.

Grant: 176909 / EH-50061-05,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2005

Utamaduni Online: An Advanced Level Course in Swahili Language and Culture

Recipient: Hauner, Magdalena (Madison, WI 53706-1557 USA) in affiliation with University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53706 USA)

Goal: The creation of interactive, multimedia lessons in Swahili for intermediate language learners to acquire advanced skills in the target language.

Description: We propose to develop an innovative series of interactive, multimedia lessons targeting imporvement in advanced level listening skills and cultural competency for students of Swahili. Studetns will be introduced to authentic Swahili media materials through the Tanzanian-US co-produced, award-winning, feature film MAANGAMIZI - The Ancient One by Martin Mhando and Ron Mulvihil, produced by Gris Gris Films (2000). Experienced teachers of Swahili will collaborate with specialists knowledgeable in African history, society, and politics. This project also draws upon an exceelent group of technology professionals experienced in the development and implementation of web-based instructional materials. We will implement a robust evaluation program and dissemination of these instructional materials will be achieved through presentations at key national and international conferences related to Africa.

Grant: 164312 / ED-50170-03,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 2003

African American Struggles for Freedom and Civil Rights, 1865-1965

Recipient: Gates, Henry Louis (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Harvard University

Goal: A four-week institute for 25 college teachers on African-American history from the Reconstruction through the civil rights years.

Grant: 94994 / EH-22328-02,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2002

Curricular Development Seminar in African Studies

Recipient: Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe (Champaign, IL 61820 USA) in affiliation with University of Illinois, Urbana (Urbana, IL 61801 USA)

Goal: A faculty study program focusing on African studies and the changing intellectual and disciplinary contexts for research and teaching in the field.

Grant: 142075 / ED-22151-01,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 2001

CD-ROM of Oral Literature: Southern African Praise Poetry

Recipient: Mphande, Lupenga (Columbus, OH 43210-1335 USA) in affiliation with Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, OH 43212 USA)

Goal: The development and production of an educational CD-ROM, pluse related text-based materials, on the southern African performance genre of praise poetry (izibongo).

Grant: 142003 / ED-21828-00,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 2000

CD-ROM of Oral Literature: Southern African Praise Poetry

Recipient: Irele, F. Abiola (Cambridge, MA 02138 USA) in affiliation with Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, OH 43212 USA)

Goal: To support the research for a CD-ROM on southern African oral literature, specifically on the praise poetry performed in the Nguni an dSotho-Tswana languages.

Grant: 161748 / RZ-20615-00,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2000

The Heritage of African Music

Recipient: Ross, Doran (Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549 USA) in affiliation with University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA)

Goal: Collaborative simultaneous exhibitions at three Los Angeles area museums on African and African American music, together with educational programs, a music CD, website, and catalog.

Grant: 156260 / GM-25981-99,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Museums and Historical Organizations, Humanities Projects in,   Year Awarded: 1999

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Archive Survey- Phase III

Recipient: Sheftall, Beverly G (Atlanta, GA 31404 USA) in affiliation with Spelman College (Atlanta, GA 30314 USA)

Goal: To support a survey of the archival and manuscript holdings of 29 historically black colleges and universities in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

Grant: 157964 / PA-23067-97,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 1997

Art and Life in Africa: An Interactive Multimedia Tool for High School Students

Recipient: Roy, Christopher D (Iowa City, IA 52242 USA) in affiliation with University of Iowa

Goal: To support the adaptation and beta-testing of a CD-ROM database of sub-Saharan African visual arts for use in high school world history curricula.

Grant: 141832 / ED-20759-97,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1997

The Sundiata Project

Recipient: Shaffer, Lynda N (Medford, MA 02155 USA) in affiliation with Tufts University

Goal: To support the production of a CD-ROM on the SUNDIATA epic; Sundiata was the thirteenth-century founder of the empire of Mali.

Grant: 141834 / ED-20796-97,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1997

AFRICA-ROM: An Educational CD-ROM on the Cultures of Africa

Recipient: McNaughton, Patrick R (Bloomington, IN 47405-0000 USA) in affiliation with Indiana University, Bloomington (Bloomington, IN 47405 USA)

Goal: To support the development of an educational CD-ROM on the cultures on Africa including text, video, and audio materials to introduce students to a variety of perspectives on the complex cultural fabric of the continent.

Grant: 141786 / ED-20299-96,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Education Development and Demonstration,   Year Awarded: 1996

Comparative Studies of Colonialism: The Colonial Experience and Its Aftermath in Africa

Recipient: Metzler, John D (East Lansing, MI 48824-1046 USA) in affiliation with Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI 48824 USA)

Goal: To support a four-week summer institute on colonialism in Africa for 25 middle and high school humanities and social studies teachers from the upper Midwest.

Grant: 143613 / ES-22876-95,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1995

Africa in the World: Perspectives and Perceptions in the 1990's

Recipient: Brown, Barbara B (Brookline, MA 02146-0000 USA) in affiliation with Boston University (Boston, MA 02215 USA)

Goal: To support a collaborative project on contemporary African history comprising a four-week summer institute and follow-up activities for 25 elementary and secondary school humanities teachers and administrators from the Boston area.

Grant: 143512 / ES-22565-94,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1994

African Politics, Culture, and Society in Film and Literature

Recipient: Markovitz, Irving L (Flushing, NY 11367-0000 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Queens College (Flushing, NY 11367-1597 USA)

Grant: 154571 / FV-21922-94,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1994

'TREES NEVER MEET': Mobility and Containment in Namibia, 1915-45

Recipient: Gordon, Robert James (Burlington, VT 05405 USA) in affiliation with University of Vermont

Goal: To support a study of the movement of people and ideas under changing social conditions in Namibia from 1914 to 1945. The project includes participants from South Africa, the United States, and Europe.

Grant: 160647 / RO-22719-94,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Basic Research,   Year Awarded: 1994

Nationalism in South Africa

Recipient: MacDonald, Michael D (Williamstown, MA 01267-0000 USA) in affiliation with Williams College (Williamstown, MA 01267 USA)

Grant: 154478 / FV-21690-93,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1993

Black Islam: Muslim Societies under French Colonial Rule

Recipient: Robinson, David W (East Lansing, MI 48824 USA) in affiliation with Michigan State University

Goal: To support a workshop and three books that will examine the cooperation of French colonial administrators and local African leaders in the creation of new Muslim societies in West Africa from the 1890s until 1960.

Grant: 160576 / RO-22381-92,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Basic Research,   Year Awarded: 1992