The following educational materials were used to prepare for the trip: Printed/Published Resources: African American Literature (See Unit Two and Unit Eleven on African literature). New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1998. Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Sarah Crichton Books, 2007. Berliner, David “An ‘Impossible’ transition:  Youth religious memories in Guinea-Conakry” American Ethnologist, Vol. 32, No. 4, 576-592, Berkley: University of California Press, 2005. Brown, Timothy D., Donald West, Katharine Purcell, & Roger West. “Incorporating West African Culture into the Curriculum: A Teachers Guide,” Charleston, SC: Trident Technical College, February 25, 2006. Culture Grams, World Edition 2008 (See the chapters on Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Republic of Liberia, and Republic of Sierra Leon). Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest CSA, 2008.

Family Across the Sea: A Viewer’s Guide. Columbia, SC: an SCETV publication funded by NEH SCETV, 1991. Fanthorpe, Richard “On the Limits of Liberal Peace: Chiefs and Democratic Decentralization in Post-War Sierra Leone” African Affairs, 105/418, 27-49, London: Oxford University Press, 5 Dec.2005. Frazier, Herb. “Path to the Past: Family begins with enslaved African girl,” Charleston, SC: The Post and Courier, D1. Thursday, February 10, 2005. Frazier, Herb. “Genetic Homeland,” Charleston, SC: The Post and Courier, D1. Monday, May 2, 2005. Frazier, Herb. “Woman to follow lineage back to slavery, Africa: Sierra Leone to receive descendent of Priscilla,” Charleston, SC: The Post and Courier, A1. Sunday, May 22, 2005. Montgomery, Warner M. “Explorers Club Flag 147 Return Report: The Farenya-Rosebank Slave Trade Expedition,” Columbia, SC: The Columbia Star, 2006. N’Daou, Saidou  Mohamed. “Djibri Tamsir and David Conrad: Collaborative Re-imagining of the Mande Past Across the Atlantic,” Charleston, SC: College of Charleston, April 8, 2008. N’Daou, Saidou  Mohamed. “Politics of Memories in Postcolonial Guinea: Representations of Almamy Samory Touré,” Charleston, SC: Trident Technical College, April 9, 2008. N’Daou, Saidou  Mohamed. “The 1871 Foton War,” Charleston, SC: Trident Technical College, April 10, 2008. Opala, Joseph A. The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection. Freetown, Sierra Leone: USIS, 1987. Oyler, Dianne White “A Cultural Revolution in Africa: Literacy in the Republic of Guinea since Independence.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 34, No.3 (2001), 585-600. Richards, Paul “To Fight or Farm? Agrarian Dimensions of the Mano River Conflicts (Liberia and Sierra Leone)" African Affairs, 104/417, 571-590, London: Oxford University Press, 8 Sept. 2005. Robinson, David. “Revolutions in the Western Sudan” The History of Islam in Africa, edited by Nehemia Levzion and Randall L. Powell. This is a joint publication by three publishers. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2000. Tibbetts, John H.  “Living Soul of Gullah.”  Coastal Heritage 14.4 (2000): 3-12. Tibbetts, John H.  “Gullah’s Radiant Light.”  Coastal Heritage 19.3 (2004-05): 3-11. Triand, Jean-Louis “Islam in Africa under French Colonial Rule” The History of Islam in Africa, edited by Nehemia Levzion and Randall L. Powell. This is a joint publication by three publishers, Athens: Ohio University Press, 2000. Video/Film Resources:           AFRICA: SERIES. Narrated, written and presented by Basil Davidson, (See series “Bible and Gun,” “This Magnificent Cake,” and “ the French in West Africa.”). Chicago: Films Incorporated in Association with the Nigerian Television Authority. 1994.           BLOOD DIAMONDS. Margaret G. Kim, executive producer, The History Channel. BLOOD DIAMONDS is produced by Bill Brummel Productions. 2007.           Family Across the Sea. Dir. Tim Carrier.  SCETV. 1990.           The Language You Cry In.  Dirs. Alvaro Toepke and Angel Serrano.  Narrator. Vertamae Grosvenor. California Newsreels. 1998. Web Resources:           Gullah Connections at www.tridenttech.edu/7807.htm.           Lowcountry Gullah Geechee Culture at www.nps.gov/sero/planning/gg_srs/gg_res.htm.           For this and other TTC international programs see International Education.