We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of “The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Counter Stories for Black Men Teachers.” She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy.
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References
– The Journey of Kamau Miller: Hip Hop Composite Stories for Black Men Teachers, book by Dawn Tafari
– If we treated teachers like Pro Athletes by Key & Peele on YouTube
– Wet Dreams by J. Cole on YouTube
Soundtrack by Poddington Bear