Discuss four themes you will emphasize in your lecture

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You will be given PPT materials to identify & state significance of the terms listed below in 1-2 sentences. Do not write too much in a sentence, it is just a word identification part. In the essay below, write about 200 words that answer the questions briefly and concisely. Do not write a super long essay!!

1. Identification

Example: Mungo Park-He was a British explorer and a doctor by profession. In 1795-7, he managed to arrive at Segu in Niger. He was however, unlucky not to make it back together with his team since they drowned inside rapids found near Bussa.

Griot
Dingane
Abder Kader
Usman danFodio
Ordinance 50
Mungo Park
Granville Sharp
Triangular Trade
Mani Kongo
Kikuyu
Nyamwezi
Sayyid Said
Khiosan
Vasco da Gama
Jan van Riebeck
Nongqawuse
Henry Fynn
Francis Farewell
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Khaldun
Berbers
Abdel Kader
OlaudahEquaino
Menelik II
Prester John
Battle of Adowa
Fante
Theophilus Shepstone
George Goldie

1. Essay questions

In the essay below, write about 200 words that answer the questions briefly and concisely. Do not write a super long essay!!

1. Comment fully on the origins and consequences of the Atlantic slave trade. Include a detailed comment on what you consider to have been the likely short and long term impact of the trade on African societies.

2. Migration is a major theme in the understanding of the African experience. Select and discuss at least four examples of migration in the African continent before 1870. Include comment on the objectives, accomplishments and failures of the migrants.

3. Assume you visited and spent two months in either the Asanteland or Yorubaland or Hausalandor Igboland in 1825. Write a report of your observations there. Focus your attention on political, economic, social and cultural life. Conclude your essay by commenting on what you consider to be the African perception of what the advancement in civilization should entail. You should specific historical data to support your arguments.

4. A knowledge of the shaping of the South African society to 1850 is critical to the understanding of that region's history in later years. Assume you were invited to give a lecture on "The Shaping of South African Society to 1850." Discuss at least four themes you will emphasize in your lecture. State why you selected those themes and support your argument with historical data.

5. Select an African king/leader before 1870 and craft a biographical essay on him. Focus your attention on his rise to power, administrative style, economic policy, achievements, failures, weaknesses, and legacy. Include comment on what you consider to be a unique characteristic of African leaders before 1870.

6. Select and discuss at least four examples of the role of long distance trade in the shaping of African society before 1870. Include on what you consider to be the most enduring impact of long distance trade in the continent.

7. Craft an essay discussing the reasons and motives for European conquest of Africa in the later nineteenth century. You should specific examples to substantiate your arguments.

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