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Essay Instructions: This assignment is for hophead.

Hophead, this will be a short commentary to the text Sundiata. It should be an informal writing which call for your thoughtful, but not nexessarily conclusive response to the subject. It should not be mere plot summary, but rather an initial exploration or quetioning of some aspect of the subject. You can one part of it or two and just examine it. If you make a claim give example to support it.. Write thoughtful and thought provoking commentary.

Essay Instructions: requirements:
Analytical essay on Sundiata the epic.
Topic: "What kind of man is Sudiata?"
Do not use expressions like "This paper will attempt to..." or "Inthis paper I have shown..."
Do not address the raeder as "you"
Do not use the first person if you can avoid it.
Do use quotations in the paper to give it the immediacy and to allow the reader to compare your interpretation with what is actually said. Only choose significant, illustrative, and relevant passages to quote

Essay Instructions: This assignment is a book review of "Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali". You must first demonstrate that you have read the whole book by presenting its main points. However, the book review is not a book report and it should also include a discussion of the book. Identify some themes that you would like to analyze in the context of the book. Your discussion should examine at least two of the following topics: slavery, abolition, resistance to slavery, african diaspora, identity. It is also important that you identify and analyze the nature of the documnet. Of course, this list is not limitative and you are encouraged to include any topic that you find relevant. It is important that you develop your own arguments. This means that you are absolutely free to express your viewpoint, but you must support it with examples, quotations, and relevant document. You cannot content yourself with saying "I agree with the author"; "I don't think that the author is doing a good job"... You must demonstrate what you say. You book review must also have an introduction and a conclusion.

Use footnotes, quotations and a bibliography.
* Have an introduction and a conclusion. Your introduction must end with your thesis statement.
* Structure your paper and start each new paragraph with a topic sentence.
* Make sure to give dates and clearly indicate the historical context.
* All arguments must be supported by evidence. You must be as precise as possible in your examples.
* You must also use footnotes to fully reference your sources as well as to give any additional information needed for your demonstration

Essay Instructions: What lessons are learnt about thirteenth century Mali (West African) life and culture from the Sundiata? How can this epic be read as a manual on how to rule, and what characteristics made Sundiata worthy to emulate?

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, D T Niane,


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