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[MUSIC PLAYING] AMAH EDOH: How is Africa made to mean? How has it been made to mean, and what is associated with this idea of Africa? I mean, it's weird to talk about it as this one place, but that's exactly the point. How is it that we've come to talk about Africa as a thing, a place in the world, when in fact, it includes over 50 countries, and thousands of languages, and millions of people, right? SARAH HANSEN: Today on the podcast, a conversation about teaching a categorically misunderstood concept, Africa. Our guest today found inspiration for bold new ways of teaching through her own experiences as a student. She recognized throughout her education the ability for teachers to empower or inhibit their students. AMAH EDOH: What's made the biggest difference for me in the classroom as a student has been instructors who made me feel like I had something to offer. And the lack of that does a lot of damage, right? When you're having instructors who mak...

[MUSIC PLAYING] AMAH EDOH: The point is that these events-- they didn't end in the past. The issue is that these events that happened centuries ago, decades ago, continue to live on today. Their impacts continue to be felt. SARAH HANSEN: Today on Chalk Radio, we're exploring transitional and reparative justice, and how seeking expertise from everywhere might lead to better understanding. AMAH EDOH: The process of reparative justice is about how do we address that. How do we address what is today? And how do we seek justice for what's happened in the past as a means towards addressing these challenges today, and being able to move forward from them, being able to move on to something else? SARAH HANSEN: I'm your host, Sarah Hansen. My guest today is Professor Amah Edoh, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at MIT. You may remember Amah from her episode on Chalk Radio back in season one. We're sitting down with her again, this time ...