Black Health Jeopardy

History & Health

100

What year did Ghana gain independence from Britain

1957

200

Double Jeopardy!

Name two ways colonial public health policies could reinforce racial inequality

Unequal resource allocation, prioritizing European communities, restricting African healing, and discriminatory access to care.

300

Name one reason public health regulations alone may not prevent disease outbreaks

Communities may lack clean water, sanitation facilities, adequate housing, or other resources needed to comply

Culture & Resistance

100

What does Sankofa encourage us to do? 

Return to the past to reclaim knowledge that can inform the present and future

200

What were autonomous communities formed by escaped enslaved Africans called in Brazil?

Quilombos

300

Double Jeopardy!

How did African healing practices serve as a form of cultural survival or resistance during enslavement?

They preserved and adapted African knowledge, supported community care, and maintained cultural identity

Unlearning History

100

True or false: Africans arrived in the Americas without established healing practices.

False. Africans carried extensive healing knowledge and practices across the Atlantic.

200

What two social categories did Walter Rodney emphasize as interconnected?

Race and class

300

Double Jeopardy!

What does the concept of medical superbodies reveal about racist beliefs concerning Black women? 

Black women were falsely portrayed as unusually able to withstand pain and suffering, helping justify medical exploitation.