Academic Book Review: Each student will be required to write an academic (or scholarly) book review. The book will be the required Parker and Rathbone text African History: A Very Short Introduction.
Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press, 2007. Note that an academic book review is not the same thing as a book report which simply summarizes the content of a book. When writing an academic book review, one not only reports on the content of the book but also assess its strengths and weaknesses.
Accordingly, once you have carefully examined the text, write an informal, review that
answers the following three questions. Note: There is a 300-word minimum for each question response:
1. What generalizations can be made about the authors’ general “idea” of Africa? (300-word minimum)
2. How did the authors approach the topic of African diversity and unity? (300 word-minimum)
3. How did the authors portray the role of European colonialism on the continent? (300 word-minimum)
The academic book review shall be typed, double-spaced, and in a 12-point Times New Roman font.
Citations are required and must follow the Chicago footnote/bibliography citation protocols.
