History Prompt

Write a critical essay 2-3 pages in length that includes discussion of:

1.ONE (1) OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSE THEMES: The Science of Africa, Africa and Antiquity (Nubia/Kush, Axum/Ethiopia), West and Central Sudanic Africa

2.THREE(3) OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: Saartjie Baartman (Venus Hottenot), Herodotus, Cheikh Anta Diop, AMENHOTEP IV and the Hymn To Aten, Cleopatra,Candace-Pseudo-Casllisthenes,Piye, Perisplus of the Erythraean, Comas Indicopleutes, King Ezana Conquest Stone, “Ezana’s Conversion”-article, Mali(Battuta and Niane), L.Kabba-Son Dogon Creation Narrative, Idris Alawma-Kanem Bornu, Wilhem Bosman, “There is no Africa in African Studies”-article, Basil Davidson,

3.TWO (2)OR MORE EXAMPLESFROM LECTURE, DISCUSSION, IMAGE OR FILM:The Real Eve: Discovery Channel, 2002-intro clip, First Peoples: Africa Episode 2 PBS (AmazonPrime), The Origin of Aids-selected scenes, Africa’s Great Civilization: Origins,The Cross and The Crescent, Empires of Gold, Lost Kingdoms of Africa: Nubia BBC, Dr. Casely-Hayford, Lost Kingdoms of Africa: Ethiopia BBC, Dr. Casely-Hayford, Wonders of Africa, Road to Timbuktu, A. Ortelius “Periplus Map” 1597, Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa: