Welcome to your new Job! You and your classmates have been given the opportunity to be the key correspondents on a TV news magazine that reports on key happenings across the continent of Africa. As a reporter you naturally have a hunger for anything newsworthy. Not only will you focus on current events but you will also inform your viewers about the essential elements of African culture and life. Since there are only a few of you and Africa is such a vast continent you certainly have your work cut out for you. To make it easier on you for this report you should focus your investigative talents on the following three countries, each brimming with historical significance and terrific late breaking headline events: South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya.

To get your search for the most current up to the minute, eye popping, seat of your pants stories about these countries the following bookmarks have been provided:

  Please note that these are only to get you started. There are plenty more resources out there so get busy already!

This project designed by Donald Ball for 7th grade history at Germantown Academy.

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