In My Africa

Synopsis
D.W.'s new classmate, Cheikh, is from Senegal, Africa! When D.W. realizes that she doesn't know much about Africa she decides to learn through music. D.W., Brain, and Cheikh team-up to write a song about all 54 countries on that continent!

Plot
D.W. welcomes the viewer as she is walking through Dakar, Senegal, the hometown of Chiekh. D.W. explains that Dakar is like most cities, but is located in Africa. She briefly mentioned how Arthur always speaks in openings and never let anyone do the monologue. She even referred to him as a "show hog."

She then introduces Chiekh to the viewer, and says that this episode is about him, but Chiekh tells D.W. that it's actually more about her and his cousin, Brain.

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The scene then goes to Chiekh and his mother leaving Senegal to move to America, in Elwood City.

After that, the scene goes to D.W.'s preschool where Chiekh is introduced to the rest of the class, but D.W. interrupts, saying that she already knows who he is, as Arthur had already told her who he is, and then she shows him a picture that she drew of what she perceives of his life back in Senegal.

Chiekh tells her that his life isn't like that, because he lived in a city, and then the teacher tells D.W. that she should learn about a place before she describes it.

Then the Tibbles make fun of D.W., saying she knows nothing about Africa, but then D.W. vows to start learning more about Africa, but then Chiekh explains that Africa is not a country, but an entire continent.

Starting at school, she looks at the map in class and when she gets home, she starts reading books about Africa, but it is difficult for her, as she doesn't know how to read yet.

Arthur explains to D.W. that it was hard for him to learn about Turkey, where his pen pal Adil comes from, and maybe she needs someone who knows more about Africa than she does, and then Arthur picks up the phone and calls his friend The Brain, and then the Brain starts telling D.W. of ways she can learn about Africa, but his ways were too difficult, so D.W. suggested that maybe they come up with a song about Africa, and then they start singing, then Chiekh comes in and helps with verses about foods from Africa, and then the next day in preschool, the Tibbles think she'll embarrass herself, but Chiekh tells them that she won't because he will be singing with her, then they sing another verse.

After they sing the song, the teacher introduces a new student named Keith from Kalamazoo, and then when the teacher asks if anyone knows anything about Kalamazoo, D.W. raises her hand and says she doesn't, but she'd like to learn.

Major Roles

 * D.W. Read
 * Chiekh
 * Alan "The Brain" Powers

Minor Roles

 * Arthur Read
 * Chiekh's Mother
 * Chiekh's Father
 * Ms. Morgan

Background

 * Emily
 * James MacDonald
 * Tibble Twins
 * Keith
 * Edwin
 * Mary Ann
 * Liam
 * Amanda Holser

Songs

 * "In My Africa"

Trivia

 * is located in the United States in Michigan.

Cultural references

 * Midway through the episode, D.W., Chiekh and the Brain walk across a zebra crossing, a reference to ''The Beatles album ', while saying, coincidentally, that they'll never become pop stars.
 * This entire episode is about the countries in Africa.

Episode connections

 * Learning false information about a place from movies and TV is exactly what Arthur did in "Dear Adil".

Errors

 * D.W. went to the Brain for help in learning about Africa. When they go into song, knowing virtually nothing about it, D.W. conveniently knows everything there is to know without doing any of the actually learning. It's possible that she learnt all this off-screen though.
 * D.W. pronounces as Le-so-tho, not Lee-soo-too, as it is supposed to be pronounced.

Production notes

 * The episode was produced before gained its independence, so the song does not have a verse about that country.

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