Bibliography should be properly
formatted according to APA. Sources from
outside the course readings are NOT permitted. – The paper should be
double-spaced (except for the cover page and bibliography)
TIPS
1.
Use GRAMMARLY
2.
Use bibliography websites
3.
Go back and read some of the readings because they
will help you understand the questions
4.
If you plagiarize, you fail.
Essay Prompt 1
Points: 6 points
In “Parties, Coups, and
Authoritarian Rule”, the author (Nicolas van de Walle) mentions the following
about the French: “Their legacy was rather one of greatly centralized
decision-making and administration, and of the supremacy of the executive over
all other branches of government”.
1. What
did he mean by this?
2. Consider
the differences in ideologies and philosophical thinking on politics (between
the colonizers and the African people) and how it led to the creation of
parties within that country. Describe this process, to the best of your
knowledge.
3. Drawing
from post-independence state-building experiences, do you think most
Francophone African countries go away from this model? How so? Or, how is this
still present in post-independence Africa? (Easiest way to do this is provide a
case study)
4. How
has this ideology manifested itself in how political actions take place within
that country currently?
Essay Prompt 2
Points: 3 points
Professor Lumumba states “I refuse to believe that this country must
run on the wheels of negative ethnicity where ones ethnic extraction is the
touchstone of ability; that is a veritable tower of Babel “. Based on the class reading so far,
consider the following questions:
1. Explain why ethnicity is a large part of the current discourse on African politics?
2. According
to the readings (cite them), how does ethnicity play in representative politics
in Africa? Consider the cases of Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria.
Bibliography in APA style: 1 point
