User talk:Thisismyusername1994/sandbox

Macmaclee Peer Edit

First of all, I commend you for taking on such a huge article! That being said, there are thousands of ways you could edit to and add to this article. I’ll try to focus on the aspects I saw you edit in your history section. It’s great you’re adding sections to Literacy in Africa; this is important in fighting systemic bias in the article.

Literacy in Senegal: • Is there an article about education in Senegal you could link to? If not, could you explain more why many students do not attend school long enough to become literate? I linked World Bank for you, as I thought some readers may not know of the organization.

In general, adding more links will strengthen your article, especially to articles about education in certain countries [if they exist].

In general, how do concepts of literacy differ in Africa versus the Global North? This may be beneficial to add to the introduction section of Literacy in Africa.

I also think a discussion on poverty and literacy would be beneficial, if it is not somewhere else in the article. This abstract touches on that connection a little bit: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-3496

I also found this source on literacy in South Africa if you’re interested in adding a section there: http://web.stanford.edu/~jbaugh/saw/Yoo-Yoo_Literacy.html

Adding a photo or two relating to literacy in Africa will also strengthen the article.

On Literacy in Afghanistan: Perhaps it would be appropriate to create a section called “Literacy in the Middle East”? Most people don’t usually associate Afghanistan with Asia.

Good work! Let me know if you have any questions about anything. Macmaclee (talk) 21:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)