• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.94
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• pp.17-17
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• 1991

지금까지 우리에게 소개된 아프리카문학은 그동안 알게 모르게 통념화돼 있던 세계문학의 공식을 깨뜨리는 데 일정한 기여을 했을 뿐 아니라 우리문학의 방향성 자립에도 유효한 관점을 제시했다고 평가된다. 그러나 양으로 볼 때 우리의 아프리카문학 수용현황은 지극히 일면적이다.

• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.42
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• pp.107-129
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• 2016

In modern history, there have been several kinds of continental unions or supranational politico-economic unions in the world, such as the United Nations, the European Union, the Union of South American Nations, the African Union, etc. Modern thinkers proposed many pan-isms on their continental base, for example, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Latin Americanism, Pan-Asianism, Pan-Celtism, etc. What is the most common in these pan-isms is that a continental union would be a politico-economic system to overcome the limits of the modern state-nation and to realize a long and happy relationship between member nations and continents. However, the concept of a supranational union differs from that of cosmopolitanism, in that the former presupposes the common cultural and historical heritage in the concerned region or continent. Ngugi wa Thinog'o' Pan-Africanism implies two keywords that are connected to his concepts such as 'decentralization' and 'African languages.' Pan-Africanism supposes that Africa may gain benefits from the union of African nations under the umbrella of anti-colonial efforts to down size the Euro-American influences. Moreover, using African languages enhances self-reliance and self-imagination among the African people. For in the former colonial regimes, the European colonial languages, such as English, French, or Portuguese, were central to the dissemination of European culture and modernity. Ngugi asserts that the African peripheralized languages could reinstate the African cultural heritage and propose an alternative to the Western modernity.

• KLA journal
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• v.31 no.2 s.261
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• pp.48-53
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• 1990

윗글은 현재 아프리카 나이지리아 Ibadaneogkr 교수로 재직중인 필자가 작년 8월 프랑스 빠리에서 개최된 제55차 국제도서관협회연맹(IFLA)총회에 참석하여 발표한 것으로 우리의 한국도서관계의 발전방안모색에 있어서 시사하는 바가 많은 것이다.

• Proceedings of the EASDL Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.24-48
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• 2003

인류는 수렵시대를 거쳐 기르고 가꾸는 법을 터득하면서 농경시대를 열게 된다. 이 과정에서 인류는 특정한 지역에서만 잘 자라는 작물이 있음을 알게 되고 이들 작물은 그 지역 인류에게 먹이로서 중요한 역할을 하여왔다. 이러한 인류의 먹이에 대한 취사선택 과정에서 식문화라고 하는 독특한 문화의 갈래가 나타나게 되었다. 주식의 생산과 이용에 따라 보면 동남아 지역은 쌀, 북미, 호주와 옛 소련지역은 감자, 밀, 고기, 멕시코와 아프리카 동부는 잡곡, 남미와 아프리카 중부는 서류와 과실, 지중해 연안은 밀과 채소를 중심으로 하는 식문화를 이루고 있다.(중략)

• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.44
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• pp.373-391
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• 2016

Since the 2000's, interest toward Africa in Korea has increased rapidly. Korea's interest in Africa began in the second half of the 1960's. However, this interest in the 1960's was motivated by political and diplomatic necessity at the time rather than the needs of indigenous groups in Africa. Korea had to oppose North Korea's diplomatic expansion in Africa to gain the support of international organizations like the United Nations. This interest in Africa motivated by diplomatic needs vanished quickly after the end of the cold war in the 1990's. Authentic Korean interest in Africa began to emerge in the 2000's. Korea's rising international status based on economic development led to a natural interest in Africa, which was the last frontier on earth. As a result, African studies in Korea increased significantly after 2010. The increase in the number of theses, articles and books was remarkable from 2010-2016, in comparison with 1957-2010. In spite of the increase in the quantity of thesis, articles, and books, the problem with Korea's African studies is above all, its preponderance. Over 75% of thesis and 70% of articles are concentrated in the domain of politics and economics. This reflects the fact that Korea's interest in Africa is based on short term political and economic interest, indicating that Korea's African studies did not deviate from the rudimentary phase in its quantity and quality. Another problem with Korea's African studies is the lack of integration of different types of research. African studies in Korea has three components, government funded research centers, university laboratories and individual researchers. The government funded research centers focus on the overview of African nations and their political and economic information. University laboratories mainly perform research on the theoretical aspects of politics, economics, human sciences and culture in Africa. Individual researchers are concerned with various categories. However, these three groups have failed to achieve a synergic effect on African studies in Korea and most of the research on Africa does not extend beyond each academic area. To overcome this problem, first of all, a live exchange may be necessary between domestic researchers.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.440-458
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• 2012

This study analyzed the ignorance and prejudice with regard to African culture, which can be seen at the textbook and class course centering the geography class from 1990's to the present, and reviewed critically the related education and learning effects for mutual understanding. This study results are as follows: First, in the geographic environment contents, the image regarding huge continent, the local image regarding the various physical environments and the geographical importance as the ancient civilization birthplace were not included in the description. Second, the description regarding the African culture and history was focused to the singular African image, so the fixed concept and distorted image has been rooted into the formation of cultural meta-knowledge. Third, the negative sides rather than positive development and the past backward facts rather than changed status have been emphasized in the description regarding African resources and industry as well, so only the region surrounded with the various problems including poverty and the image as underdeveloped country have been rooted into the description. Now, real Africa view, an image for a variety of attractive and vibrant Africa rather than the same culture and characteristics of African must be learned in text books.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.527-539
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• 2017

This case study examines the experiences of an African American student's successful second language acquisition in Korea. There is an increasing number of multicultural families in Korea; but few research on African American students' second language learning. In the past, some American researchers have analyzed African American students as academic underachievers for learning and there is a scarcity of research on African American students' successfully acquiring a second language. With this qualitative research design, the researchers interviewed, and observed an African American girl named Mary. The researchers also interviewed Mary's mother, teacher, and peers about Mary's Korean language development. The results of this study revealed Mary's determined efforts to become a fluent Korean speaker with support from family, community and friends. Mary underwent unique social and systematic supports for her language development. This paper concludes with the educational implication for multicultural language learners in Korea and the possibility to diminish the common stereotypes of African Americans as underachievers.

• Proceedings of the Costume Culture Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.59-60
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• 1999

• Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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• v.24
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• pp.322-342
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• 1991

• 공원문화
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• s.36
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• pp.50-51
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• 1987