Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
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KEY:
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Due Sunday, April 30 2017 by 5 PM

You should write an 8-page paper (MLA format, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margins) in response to the prompt below.

Prompt
Which aspect of Pan-Africanism and of the African Renaissance (e.g. mental emancipation, cultural production, language, socialism, racial unity, etc.) do you find most compelling and why? Answer with reference to specific examples from at least 2 texts from EACH section (i.e. at least 4 texts in all). Note that the film and the speeches constitute as texts for the purposes of this assignment. Please draw your information ONLY from the sources discussed in class!

Guidelines:
1. Provide citations for all material drawn from the texts, not only direct quotations. You may use either footnotes or parenthetical citations.
a. Use direct quotes strategically.
i. If you can rephrase/paraphrase then do so. Only use direct quotes if you plan on analyzing the quote or if it really puts a staple into your argument.
2. Proof-read your paper carefully before submission. You will be penalized for several errors.
3. Please adhere to the formatting guidelines. Papers that are substantially below or above the assigned length will be marked down.
4. Late submissions will have a third of a letter grade deducted for each day or part thereof that they are past deadline (i.e. an A will be marked down to an A-, a B+ to a B and so on).
5. Plagiarism will result in an ‘F’ and be reported to the Dean of Student Affairs in charge of academic integrity.
a. Advice: If you aren’t sure, CITE IT!
KEY:
• Topic
o Subtopic
? Article citation
• Title of document for attached article
o Class notes
Pan-Africanism
• Federation
o Cheikh Anta Diop, part I in Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State (Westport & Trenton, 1987).
? Article attached as: “Diop – Black Africa” – PDF
• Class notes attached as: “Federation class notes” – PDF
• Ethiopianism
o W.E.B. du Bois, “The Star of Ethiopia,” in James V. Hatch & Ted Shine (eds.), Black Theatre USA: Plays by African Americans, 1847 to Today (New York, 1974, 1996).
? Article attached as: “du Bois – Star of Ethiopia” – PDF
o W.E.B. du Bois, “The Star of Ethiopia,” (Introduction and images), Crisis 11, 2 (1915): 91-93.
? Article attached as: “du Bois – Star of Ethiopia Images” – PDF
o Casely Hayford, ch. 1 “An Ethiopian Conservative,” & ch. 20 “And a Little Child shall Lead them,” in Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (Abingdon, 1911, 1969).
? Article attached as: “Hayford – Ethiopia Unbound” – PDF
• Class notes attached as: “Ethiopianism class notes” – PDF
• Négritude
o Jane Nardal, “Black Internationalism,” 1928 in T. Denan Sharpley-Whiting, Negritude Women (Minneapolis, 2002).
? Article attached as: “Jane Nardal – Black Internationalism” – PDF
o Paulette Nardal, “Acts of Grace,” 1929 in T. Denan Sharpley-Whiting, Negritude Women (Minneapolis, 2002).
? Article attached as: “Paulette Nardal – Acts of Grace” – PDF
o Léopold Sédar Senghor, “Négritude is a Humanism for the Twentieth Century,” in P. Williams and L. Chrisman (eds.), Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader (New York, 1993).
? Article attached as: “Senghor – Négritude is a Humanism for the Twentieth Century” – PDF
o Léopold Sédar Senghor, “Femme noire [Black Woman],” transl. Ana Valverde Osan, African American Review 42, 3/4 (2008[1945]): 747.
? Article attached as: “Senghor – Femme Noire” – PDF
o Léopold Sédar Senghor, “Night in Sine,” transl. Antoine Jean Polgar, The Literary Review 7, 4 (1964).
? Article attached as: “Senghor – Night in Sine” – PDF
• Class notes attached as: “Négritude class notes” – PDF
• Du Bois, Nkrumah and Nyerere
o W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Future of Africa,” Message to the First All-African People’s Congress, Accra, 1958 in Eric J. Sundquist (ed.), The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Reader (New York, 1996).
? Article attached as: “du Bois – The Future of Africa” – PDF
o Kwame Nkrumah, “Address to the Conference of African Heads of State and Government, 24th May 1963,” in Revolutionary Path (New York, 1973).
? Article attached as: “Nkrumah – Address to the Conference of African Heads of State” – PDF
o J. Nyerere, “A United States of Africa,” Journal of Modern African Studies 1, 1 (1963): 1-6.
? Article attached as: “Nyerere – A United States of Africa” – PDF
• Class notes attached as: “Du Bois, Nkrumah and Nyerere class notes” – PDF
African Renaissance
• Renascent Africa
o P. Ka Isaka Seme, “The Regeneration of Africa,” Journal of the Royal African Society 5, 20 (1906): 404-08.
? Article attached as: “Ka Isaka Seme – The Regeneration of Africa” – PDF
o Edward W. Blyden, The Aims and Methods of a Liberal Education for Africans: Inaugural Address, January 5, 1881 (New York, 1920 [1882]).
? Article attached as: “Blyden – The Aims and Methods of a Liberal Education for Africans” – PDF
• Class notes will be available April 10
• African Socialism
o Julius K. Nyerere, ch. 32 “Varied Paths to Socialism,” & ch. 37 “Socialism and Rural Development,” in Uhuru na Ujamaa/Freedom and Socialism (Oxford, 1968).
? Article attached as: “Nyerere – Freedom and Socialism” – PDF
• Class notes will be available April 12
• South Africa
o Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe,” (pp.23-63) in Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe (1993).
? Article attached as: “Sobukwe – Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe” – PDF
o Steve Biko, ch. 9 “The Definition of Black Consciousness,” ch. 14 “Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity,” and ch.18 “Our Strategy for Liberation,” in I Write What I Like (London, 1978, 1996).
? Article attached as: “Biko – I Write What I like” – PDF
• Class notes will be available April 17
• Renascent Africa
o Nnamdi Azikiwe, Renascent Africa
? Article attached as: “Azikiwe – Renascent Africa” – PDF
o Okot p’Bitek, Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol
? Article attached as: “p’Bitek – Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol” – PDF
• Class notes will be available April 19
• Something Torn & New
o Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance (New York, 2009). (Buy book, also available as e-book)
? Book attached as: “Thiong’o – Something Torn and New” – PDF
• Class notes will be available April 24
• Africa on the Move
o Takeshi Fukunaga, Out of My Hand (2015)
? Film
o Moses Ochonu, “Migration, Cosmopolitanism, and Africa in the Twenty-First Century,” The Africa Collective 22 August 2014,
? Article available at: https://theafricacollective.com/2014/08/22/migration-cosmopolitanism-and-africa-in-the-twenty-first-century-2/
• Class notes will be available April 26
• Vision
o Wangari Maathai, “Nobel Lecture,” Stockholm, 10 December 2004.
? Available at: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-lecture-text.html
o Thabo Mbeki, “I am an African,” Cape Town, 8 May 1996.
? Available at: https://www.mbeki.org/2016/06/01/i-am-an-african-speech-by-president-thabo-mbeki-8-may-1996/
I have the prompt for the first paper I had to write for this class as well as the paper I wrote with professor feedback. Please use this feedback to better understand what my professor is looking for.
Prompt for paper 1 (THIS IS NOT THE PROMPT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT YOU ARE WRITING!!!)
4-page (double-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins) paper:
Do the texts you have read in the section on Cosmologies, Philosophies and Religion support Mbiti’s contention that there is a single African ontology or do they suggest that there are multiple religions and philosophies on the continent? Answer with specific examples from at least three different texts.

My paper with professor comments is attached as: “Single African Ontology Feedback” – pdf
I also have the prompt for the second paper I had to write for this class as well as the paper I wrote with professor feedback. Please use this feedback to better understand what my professor is looking for.
Prompt for paper 2 (THIS IS NOT THE PROMPT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT YOU ARE WRITING!!!)
You should write a 6-page (double-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins) paper:
What do the texts in this section present as the most important component of personhood (e.g. gender, lifestage, religion, individuality, status, power, etc.)? Answer with reference to specific examples from at least three different texts.
My paper with professor comments is attached as: “Components of Personhood” – pdf