The Elite Africa Project: what is it and why does it matter?

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 Geography, Politics and Citizenship.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks (UK):
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of the Elite Africa Project (EAP), based at the University of Toronto in Canada. The EAP is challenging stereotypes and changing the way people think about powerful African elites.

• This resource also contains interviews with academics from the project, including Professor Antoinette Handley and Professor Dickson Eyoh, and offers an insight into careers in political science. If your students have questions for Antoinette, Dickson, or any of the other academics on the project, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the work of the Elite Africa Project and challenges them to create and educational game to teach people about African elites.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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