Films, Reading, and Research Assignments

The very short research paper will be due on 4/18 as indicated on the syllabus rather than 4/12 as on the previous blog post. Please submit it on TurnItIn through the class Moodle.

In lieu of a final exam, you will watch and submit written reflections on two of the following three films:

• I am Slave (2010 British, story of one woman's slavery in Sudan and London)
• Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom (2013 British-South African biography)
• War Dance (2007 American documentary about Uganda)

Interesting to note that none of the films you selected were fictional. I strongly encourage you to watch and discuss the films with one or more of your classmates.

Finally, we will discuss Mariama Bâ's novel, So Long a Letter, this Thursday. I am pleased that so many of you today had already finished reading it! It may help you keep track of who's who to check out the list of characters on the Wiki page.