The November 2016 Issue of Politics is out now!
The November 2016 contains three Special Sections: Intersectionality in European political science research, Resurrecting IR Theory and Teaching Africa and International Studies
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Africa
I don’t know much about it…: Teaching ‘the Dark Continent’
Students lack of familiarity with Africa is inseparable from the colonial legacies that have shaped our knowledge of the continent. Laura Routley discusses how to address students self-confessed ignorance of the ‘Dark Continent’’…
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Overcoming Africa’s “Fake Proximity” in the Classroom through Popular Culture
I used elements of popular culture on a 3rd year module on Africa’s international relations to successfully engage students on different levels and help them think beyond mainstream views of the continent.
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