AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I African Americans and Africa Outline of Current Lecture II 19th Century Education III Ethiopianism Ancient Egypt Cush Ethiopia Negro Race IV Absent Africa 19th 20th V Black Scholars in African Diasporic Framework Late 19 th Century Current Lecture I 19th Century Education Very dependent on Eurocentric western learning Measured in European terms Thought Africa was shrouded in darkness African Americans Always argued with this 19th 20th century Africans shaped own history and meaning within themselves o Put several civilizations together Ethiopianism II Ethiopianism Ancient Egypt Cush Ethiopia Negro Race Lots of African Americans adopted ancient Egyptians o 25th dynasty really rich and from Cush o Exhibitions Popular and helped black self esteem o Ethiopia Place of people that resembled Egyptians o Frederick Douglas Wanted to connect people to Ethiopian past People started realizing potential for future progress o Treaties being signed Father of Black Nationalism signed to permit settlement of Black Americans in Nigeria Absent Africa 19th 20th People divided subject of modern Africa and ancestry o Frederick Douglas Stressed American ness Blacks and Whites saw Africa as a dark continent III These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV Distanced themselves from Africa Called them colored people negroes o Not continent name Black Scholars in African Diasporic Framework Late 19 th Century Start higher education Begin to create history Prejudice NO interest in American culture People making black history o George Washington Williams Published 2 volumes of Af Amer History Black Scholars brought African diaspora into views of a lot of Af Americans American Negro Academy o Highly educated with international experience Explaining knowledge of themselves and Africa
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