Responsibility: Curtis Keim, Moravian College, Carolyn Somerville, Hunter College. Abstract: This book explores the many misperceptions and stereotypes about For many Americans the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, Curtis Keim is professor emeritus of history at Moravian College. Mistaking Africa is an important book for African studies courses and for anyone interested in unraveling misperceptions about the continent. Information. Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 37–62. Another African American, George Washington Williams,Curtis Keim. Edition: 3rd ed. Imprint: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2014. Physical description: xiii, 234 p. : ill. Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind Curtis Keim, 2014. unicef.org/publications/files/SOWC_2015_Summary_and_Tables.pdf. Curtis Keim is Professor Emeritus of History at Moravian College. He is a recipient of the College's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and he is Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. The authors address the most