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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
AFRICANA STUDIES
AFAS 160A1-101/201/401
The Africana Experience. 7W1 Fall 2021
Individual Essay Critical Analysis September 13th, 2021.
Individual Essay and Re-write opportunity Requirements:
As explained in the syllabus, this assignment is divided into two parts:
(1) You will first write an Original Post (Individual Essay - Original Post) essay that fully
esponds to the assignments in this homework file.
You must have fully responded to all the assignments given to qualify for the re-write
opportunity. In other words, the rewrite opportunity is not for extending the due date by
submitting an incomplete Original Post, but for you to improve your essay. The instructor
eserves the right to deny you the re-write opportunity based on this policy. If you are denied
the re-write opportunity, explanations will be given. You must also submit your Original Post
no later than the due date posted to qualify.
Please pay particular attention to these requirements because you can lose 10% of your
semester grades if your Essay - Original Post does not fully respond to all assignments or is
not submitted before the due date and time because you will not be allowed to participate in
the re-write process described below.
(2) You will then re-write your Essay (Individual Essay – Rewrite).
Consider your re-write as a new Essay that responds to all the assignments in the homework
(an improvement of the original one as it incorporates the feedback given to you and your
views). You will be given two weeks from the close of the Original Post assignment to do the
ewrite (respond to all assignments). The two weeks include time for your file to be graded
and feedback given to you.
Please note:
i. If you do not submit an Individual Essay – Original Post file, you will not participate in
the rewrite.
ii. If you don’t want to improve your Original Post, you must still submit a rewrite. In
other words, you must submit a rewrite file even if there are no changes made to your
Original file.
Essay Highlights:
(1) For the most part, colonization involves a dynamic removal of the values of the colonized
entity. For a colonized entity trying to liberate itself from colonialism, the need for clear
concepts and ideological strategies that are to replace those of the colonizer are necessary if
this entity is to achieve total freedom.
(2) The slave trade, systems of slavery, slavery continuance and abolishment policies varied
greatly geographically within North America. These variations produced competing ideologies
and inconsistent Federal policies on slavery in the United States of America up to the start of
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the Civil War – resulting in the war being, in part, over the issues of slavery and complicated
y race issues.
(3) The end of the civil war
ought to the nation various efforts by individuals, organizations,
and the government to give the freed slaves opportunities to become productive members of
the country. From the beginning of the Reconstruction well into the 20th century, the nation
continued to address issues of slavery, freedom, the reconstruction, and other new problems
specific to African Americans. Most of these issues continue to plague African Americans
today.
(4) One avenue that became necessary for the African American community to solve the
problems of the 20th century was leadership by African Americans. In their own ways, these
leaders wanted what was best for the nation at that time. One of those leaders was W.E.B. Du
Bois.
Assignments:
(1) Analyze the root causes of the problems and issues that faced African Americans from
the beginning of the Reconstruction Period well into the 20th century and why leadership by
African Americans became necessary. Specific examples and quotes, mostly and
specifically from W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk XXXXXXXXXXand other resources used
in this course, must be used in your analysis.
(2) Refe
ing mostly and specifically to W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk (1903), first
explain how Du Bois formulates the problems and issues African Americans faced at that
time. Your essay should then analyze his proposed solutions in terms of completeness
(analyze how complete his solutions were in terms of how the system of slavery had shaped
oth the races; the economic structure of the nation at that time; practicability; and the
competing nature of his solutions to those proposed by other leaders at that time).
Your response to these assignments must demonstrate your knowledge of the problems
and issues facing the African Diaspora well into the 20th century. Specific examples and
quotes especially from the resources used in this class must be used in your essay. Include
page numbers in your citations - even for online resources.
Format:
• Typed and double-spaced with a one-inch left margin.
• Use black ink and (around) size 12 of popular fonts.
• Type the course/section, title of your essay, and your name on the top center of the
first page.
• Page numbers should be on the bottom of the pages.
• Although the use of the Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines in citing your
work is prefe
ed, any popular methods will be accepted (be consistent).
• There are no page limits to this assignment, but you must fully respond to the given
assignments.
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Due Dates:
(1) Individual Essay - Original Post is due in D2L’s “Assignments: Individual Essay -
Original Post” link no later than 11:59 pm Monday September 27th, 2021.
(2) Individual Essay - Rewrite (for those who qualify) is due in D2L’s “Assignments:
Individual Essay - Rewrite” link no later than 11:59 pm Monday October 11th, 2021.
Please submit a ".docx", ".doc" or a “.pdf” file. All other file formats will not be accepted.
Please contact the instructor before the due date if you have a problem with this format. E-
mail or other submissions methods will not be accepted.
Grading (out of 100 points):
According to the syllabus,
Individual Essay - Original Post is 15% of your semester grades.
Individual Essay - Rewrite is 10% of your semester grade. You must qualify to
participate.
Please understand the requirements for the two parts of this essay as explained in the
Syllabus. These requirements are enforced. This assignment is in essay form.
This assignment fulfills the “Individual Essay Assignments” requirement of the course and will
contribute 25% of your semester grade as explained in the syllabus.
Overall, you must demonstrate your understanding of the theories for understanding slavery
in the Americas as proposed in Week #3 Class Notes and the reading assignments.
1. The title of your paper should reflect the topics in the homework and should be made clear
in the introduction (5 points).
2. Your introduction should provide a
ief “significance” of the subjects in the assignment
and should also lead the reader to a clear understanding of what your response is about and
provide a plan of analysis (10 points).
3. The body of your paper must fully respond to the assignments by clearly developing,
defending, and analyzing your arguments using ideas found in the resources used in this
class, your research, and your ideas. (70 points).
Assignment (1): Analyze the root causes of the problems and issues that faced
African Americans from the beginning of the Reconstruction Period well into the 20th
century and why leadership by African Americans became necessary: 20 points:
Do not just report these problems and issues but you must analyze them and
give specific examples and quotes from the readings leading to why leadership
y African Americans became necessary.
Assignment (2): Your analysis must demonstrate your knowledge of the problems
and of the solutions proposed, for the most part, by W.E.B. Du Bois as presented in
the textbook: 50 points
Follow the guidelines in the assignment on how to analyze the solutions:
(i) Explain how Du Bois formulates the problems and issues African Americans
faced at that time.
(ii) Analyze his proposed solutions in terms of practicability and completeness.
Conside
how the system of slavery had shaped both the races;
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the economic structure of the nation at that time; and
the competing nature of his solutions to those proposed by other
leaders at that time.
4. The concluding paragraph(s) should not mi
or the introduction but strengthen the body
of your essay while pointing out possible problems with your analysis (10 points).
5. This assignment will also be graded on your writing skills - citations, typos etc. (5 points).
Helpful Information and Hints.
1. The “Essay Highlights” are not assignments. These guide you on what the assignments are
about. Understanding this part will help you in the assignments.
2. The main purpose of this assignment is for you to express how you understand the material
presented to you in this course. If you have questions or have an outline of your Essay, you are
welcome to contact your instructor for a discussion.
3. Please respond to the assignments. For example, if the assignment is to analyze, please do not
just “report”. A summary of what you read is not an analysis. Your responses should not ignore
elevant literature; however, you can challenge the resources used in this course.
4. Please, do not “gamble” with the 11:59 pm submission time given on the due date. Late work will
not be accepted.
5. Students are encouraged to make judicious use of the Writing Skills Improvement Program -
https:
wsip.arizona.edu/ and the Think Tank tutoring services https:
thinktank.arizona.edu/ to acquire all
the assistance needed to complete readings and essay assignments for this class. If you have
questions about a grade and/or a comment, please contact the instructor.
6. The Modern Language Association (MLA)