Doing History

It’s a mystery

While Working

Step Back – Where?

Step Back – What Allowed? Slave Trade central to European Economic powers European powers arranged for Africans to be taken from the central interior areas They had to be gathered and processed before leaving Africa

What do we know? Originally Fort St. Andrews or St. Andrews Island 1588, 1618 handed over to separate trading companies by the British 1659 changed hands to the Dutch, back to the British in 1669 Used for gold, Ivory, and slaves Six gun battery installed in 1816 Pirates took the island periodically but always went back to the Brits Abandoned in 1870 with the end of the Slave Trade

What do we have?

What was left?

Are there other references?

Before the passage - Historical

Before the Passage - Historical

Before the Passage - Contemporary

Current Practise

What are these? More importantly – what is the significance?

They are… Beads torn from the necks of slaves taken from the centre of Africa, pieces of the fort, pottery used by pirates, and fort occupiers

Why are they important? They are evidence!

Historiography The act of DOING history.

Exploring Historical Perspectives Examine the book assigned to your group using the sheet provided. Who is there? Who is not?

The Centrics… Ethnocentric – Perciving and operating in the world through the lens of a particular cultural or ethic group Afrocentric – The African perspective Eurocentric – The European perspective

The Primers Review the primers on the Afrocentric and Eurocentric perspectives

Formative Assessment Outcomes: define and articulate the meaning of "historiography, ethnocentrism, Eurocentism recognize the roots of Afrocentricity from the history, geography, and culture of Africa The Task: Create an advertisement featuring one perspective over another.