African Diaspora educational method to be presented in Cuba

Havana, December 16. – The Regional Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in this capital will present today the African Diaspora game, a novel educational method.

According to the call from the specialized UN agency, the presentation is scheduled for this Tuesday morning at the Africa House Museum, located in the municipality of Old Havana.

African Diaspora is an "innovative educational resource that proposes competing and cooperating to learn, connect, and build new stories about Africa and its descendants in the Caribbean," according to the Regional Office.

Through illustrated cards, boards, and creative dynamics, participants can spatially and temporally locate episodes, characters, and Afro-descendant traditions from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, inspired by the general history of the African continent.

This initiative aims to rethink the history of Africa from the perspective of the region’s citizens and their descendants in the three Latin American countries.

The game is designed for small groups or classrooms and can be used by teachers, students, families, communities, and groups of children over nine years old in formal and non-formal educational spaces, notes the UNESCO Regional Office. (Text and photo: PL)