Atta Almasi

Africentric curriculum can't teach every black history

Canada's black history is very different from America's By Atta Almasi Photos by Enokson/Flickr EDMONTON (CUP) — Eighteen years after the House of Commons officially recognized the creation of Black History Month in Canada, the debate still continues among educators, students, parents and the general public about the effectiveness and relevance of the continued February celebration. Two recently-opened Africentric schools, which are publicly funded, profess to integrate “the diverse perspectives, experiences and histories of people of African descent into the provincial-mandated curriculum.” Some see them as a reasonable attempt to teach children of cultural contributions year-round, but there are better…

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