In my undergraduate course (Human Rights and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa) at Barnard College, Columbia University, I required students to subscribe to and to read Pambazuka weekly. Occasionally we would discuss the readings in class. It was a real success. I was surprised by the number of students who chose the topics of their research papers on the basis of articles they had read through Pambazuka. My main suggestion would be to try to include more news from West Africa. Best wishes ...read more
In my undergraduate course (Human Rights and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa) at Barnard College, Columbia University, I required students to subscribe to and to read Pambazuka weekly. Occasionally we would discuss the readings in class. It was a real success. I was surprised by the number of students who chose the topics of their research papers on the basis of articles they had read through Pambazuka. My main suggestion would be to try to include more news from West Africa. Best wishes and thanks for making Africa so visible to my students.