SURVEY OF AFRICAN STUDIES

Spring 2019

Mid Term Examination

INSTRUCTION: Provide at least a 2page response.

Answer only ONE question from the two options provided.

Your response is due Friday 15th March, 2019. 11:59pm.

All response must be type written, Times New Roman, 12” Double space.

This section requires detailed and analytical analysis. Use clear and relevant examples where necessary.

Adichie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Wainaina: https://www.bu.edu/africa/files/2013/10/How-to-Write-about-Africa.pdf

1. With your knowledge of Adichie’s “Dangers of a Single Story” write an essay which debunks the notion that “Africa is a country”. What were the “singles stories” about Africa mentioned in the video?

OR

2. What are the correlations between the ideas/ arguments of Adichie in “Dangers of a single story” and Wainaina’s article “How to write about Africa”