Reminder of due dates: The research paper is due on 4/18, and the film reflections are due on 4/22 (see the Moodle for details).
For Tuesday's class, we will finish our discussion of So Long a Letter. Please make every effort to be on time for class, and let's end the semester on a high note.
We will also discuss the final chapter of the 3rd edition of Africans. For those of you who are using the electronic edition or the 2nd edition, you can download a pdf of the chapter from our class Moodle.
Reading Questions for Chapter 13:
- What happened in Uganda that gave hope that the spread of HIV could be checked? (316)
- What impact did ART have? (317-318)
- What was the cause of the commodity boom in the early 21st century? (318)
- How did China's commercial deals differ from those of western counties? (319)
- Agrarian problems are threatened in Africa more than anywhere else by what? (327)
- What were some innovations to counter poverty? (328-329)
- What are most tenacious diseases in Africa? (330)
- What is Africa's fundamental medical problem? (330)
- What major problem did youths face? (331) And how did many respond to it? (332)
- Autochthony means native/indigenous. What is the issue with autochthony? (333)
- Contrast the responses of North African and sub-Saharan states to the challenges of radicalized youth and religious controversy? (335)
- What is the Muslim Brotherhood and what is its position? (335
- How did Libya, Morocco, and Algeria respond to Islamists? (336)
- What influences shaped Boko Haram? (338)
- Describe the social inequalities at the root of the Arab Spring? (339)
- How did events of the Arab Spring play out? (339f)
- Who were the main losers? (340)
- What were the main reasons for fertility deline in Africa? (341f)
- Define the "demographic dividend" and what suggests that Africa's will be less than Asia's? (344)
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