The Pedagogy of Action: Small Axe Fall Big Tree

Series Editor Introduction
Book Description
Acknowledgments
Praise for The Pedagogy of Action
Contents
List of Figures
1: An Introduction to the Theoretical Foundation of the Pedagogy of Action
	A Reflexive Turn: A Little Girl in Guyana Hears the Name Marx
	“Dan Is the Man in the Van”
	Che Guevara
	Mao Tse Tung, the Barefoot Doctors
	I Shade My Skin Pink
	The Structure of Scientific Revolution
	Paulo Freire
	Feminist Theory and Race
	Barbara Christian
	John Gwaltney
	bell hooks
	The Gender Consciousness Project
	Blaze a Fire
	The Organic Intellectual and the Pedagogy of Action
	SEWA and Ela Bhatt
	Works Cited
		Websites
Part I: The Pedagogy of Action
	2: The Small Activist Writes
		The History of the Pedagogy of Action
			South to North
			The HIV Epidemic and Its Status as a Social Movement
		The Module
			First We Begin with a Story
			HIV
			Always a Story
			The Science Lesson
			The Four Ways of Transmission
			AIDS
			FACTS
			LUCK
			Teaching in the Field
			First Teach Backs, U.S. and Abroad
			The Pedagogy of Empowerment
		Works Cited
			Websites
	3: Race and Study Abroad
		Meeting People
		On Location
		The Pedagogy of Action in Action
		Language for an Oral Module
		Selection of Work Sites
		Johannesburg/Soweto
		Durban/KZN
		Cape Town
		Zululand
		Impact
		Photos
		Works Cited
			Websites
Part II: In Our Own Words: POA Students Write
	4: In Nesha’s Classroom: Lessons from the Pedagogy of Action
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		In Nesha’s Classroom: Lessons from the Pedagogy of Action
			Teaching for the Dispossessed
			Teaching Toward Liberation
			Teaching to Gozar
		Conclusion: Teaching with Love
		Works Cited
	5: My Homecoming: Deconstructing My Education in POA Jamaica Home of My Immigrant Parents, June and Dudley
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		My Homecoming: Deconstructing My Education in POA Jamaica Home of My Immigrant Parents, June and Dudley
		Works Cited
	6: Radical Narrative Traditions: Communal Storytelling as Praxis for Liberation
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Radical Narrative Traditions: Communal Storytelling as Praxis for Liberation
			Radical Narratives, Political Stories
			Co-intentional Education and Narrative Praxis in the Pedagogy of Action
			Learning to Hear Groundcover’s Voice
			South Africa: The Path Toward Praxis
			Investing in Our Narratives and Our Humanity
		Works Cited
	7: Peer Education Programs: Process as Power
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Peer Education Programs: Process as Power
			Photo Credits
		Works Cited
	8: In the Beginning, Was the Word and the Word Was Black
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		In the Beginning, Was the Word and the Word Was Black
			A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
			“White is a state of mind.”
			Racism: An Inconvenient Truth
			Perfection Is the Enemy of Good
			Let the Church Say Amen
		Works Cited
	9: Final Dispatch: Epiphanies That Gradually Mold and Shape Us
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Final Dispatch: Epiphanies That Gradually Mold and Shape Us
		Works Cited
	10: Shaping the Path of POA in South Africa
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Shaping the Path of POA in South Africa
		Works Cited
			All Photos © Fazela Haniff
	11: How POA Shaped My Work as an Artist Teaching Opera to Children in Diverse Communities
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		How POA Shaped My Work as an Artist Teaching Opera to Children in Diverse Communities
			Introduction: A Voice Performance Student Goes to Europe
			The loveLife and the Importance of Performance in POA
			Rain Dance and the Tradition of Black Music-Making
			How Music Brought Trust in Vulindlela
			Heartland Sings, My Beginnings as a Teacher, and Arts Integrated Residencies
			OMA and My Introduction to the AIR Program
			The “Happy” Emotion Lesson
			What I Think It Means to Truly Teach
		Conclusion: “The Truth Is Often Frightening”
		Works Cited
	12: A Clearing in the Woods: Translation and Ownership Aspects of the Pedagogy of Action, in a Dance Composer’s Idiomatic Language
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		A Clearing in the Woods: Translation and Ownership Aspects of the Pedagogy of Action, in a Dance Composer’s Idiomatic Language
			Can the Dance Teach?
			The Brown Dance Project Performing HIV Prevention Study Dance Movements
			The Brown Dance Project Performing HIV Prevention Study Dance Repertory
			Skills Evaluation
		Conclusion
		Works Cited
	13: Ke rena baeng, re kgopela go raloka le lena: Of Uninvited Help and Other Audacities
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Ke rena baeng, re kgopela go raloka le lena: Of Uninvited Help and Other Audacities
			Who Calls? Who Responds? Politics of Help
			Abandonment
			Neglect
			Sustainability
		Works Cited
	14: Consciousness as Gift, Burden, or Method? Reflections from India
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		Consciousness as Gift, Burden, or Method? Reflections from India
			Getting Schooled
			It’s Not About HIV
			At the University
			In the Mirror
		Conclusion, for Now
			P.S. October 2020
		Works Cited
	15: The Spirit of POA
		Introduction by Nesha Haniff
		The Spirit of POA
			The Divinity of the POA
			Preparation
			The Micromanagement/Orchestration of the POA
			Reflection
			Ubuntu: Love, Humanity, Humility, Civilization
			The Place and Its People
			The Divinity of the POA
		Works Cited
	16: Sithembiso Mntambo Nkosi: Organic Intellectual
		The Memory I Carry Is the Political Discussion We Had by Sithembiso Mntambo Nkosi
		Amazondi High School in Nkandla
		It Helped Us Translate Scientific Terms in Our Native Language that Our Own People Could Understand by Sithembiso Nkosi
		Questions
		Works Cited
			Websites
Epilogue
Appendix: Names of POA Participants 2000–2015