WHEN AFRICA BROKE FREE



NAME:DATE:PD:“When Africa Broke Free”01270FOCUS: Study the map on nineteen of the article. What pattern(s) do you observe? Record your response below.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________As you read “When Africa Broke Free,” follow the guide below for annotating the work:Interpretive Notes and Symbols to be used are: ? Underline or highlight key words, phrases, or sentences that are important to understanding the work (**Including the MAIN IDEA OF THE **).? Write questions or comments in the margins—your thoughts or “conversation” with the text. ? Bracket important ideas or passages. ? Use Vertical lines at the margin: to emphasize a statement already underlined or bracketed ? Connect ideas with lines or arrows. ? Use numbers in the margin: to indicate the sequence of points the author makes in developing a single argument. ? Use a star or asterisk at the margin (use a consistent symbol): to be used sparingly, to emphasize the five or ten most important statements in the excerpt. ? Use ??? for sections or ideas you don’t understand. ? Circle words you don’t know. Define them in the margins. ? A check mark means “I understand”. ? Use !!! when you come across something new, interesting, or surprising.Be sure to carefully read and annotate the article. You will be expected to be able to articulate your understanding of the text in both writing and during discussion.NAME:DATE:PD:Analyze what the author means when he writes that Africa’s wind of change “turned out to be not a wind but a hurricane” (18)._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Explain why many African economies were “stunted” (19) by years of colonial rule._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why might some of today’s ethnic turmoil in Africa by attributable to colonialism?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Succinctly summarize the subsection “Fights for Independence” (three to five sentences).__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What factors do you think helped African nations win their independence? Be specific._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What signs does the author point to that suggest Africa is on the verge of an economic and social transformation? Cite specific details and evidence from the article to support your response._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do you think Kweku Mandela (a grandson of Nelson Mandela) and others see the need to promote a positive image of Africa? How might they do this?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The writers of the U.N. Declaration on Colonialism note that colonialism “impedes the social, cultural and economic development of dependent peoples.” Based on the article, why might this be so? Do you think the end of colonialism in Africa resolved this problem? Explain your response.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________T.E.D. Talk Analysis:TITLE OF T.E.D. Talk:Name of Speaker:Date of T.E.D. Talk:What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Circle any of the following adjectives that describe this T.E.D. TALKHumorousInspiringPersuasiveRepetitiveDullIntellectualConfusingExplain your choice(s):______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pathos is an appeal to emotions (everything from humor to horror) in order to sway an audience, while logos is the use of data/evidence to prove one’s case. Did this speaker rely more on pathos or logos in his/her presentation? What argument/point in this presentation did you find the most compelling? Why?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________According to the speaker, what SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FACE 21ST CENTURY AFRICA?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Write two specific things you learned about 21st c. Africa from this presentation:Based on the Upfront article and the T.E.D. Talk, how would you summarize the legacy of colonialism in Africa? Is Africa ready to move beyond its colonial past and “rise.” Use evidence from T.E.D. Talk and the article to support your response.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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