UNIT ONE
AFRICA: NIGERIA
July 9 – 11
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| 7/9 | Syllabus and Formation of Literary Circles; Key Concepts, Formation of Literary Circles; Key Concepts [Colonialism, Postcolonialism, the Diaspora, and African Fiction of the Diaspora. Videos: ______ | Phiri, Aretha, “Literature by Africans in the Diaspora can create alternative narratives.”
Wainana, Binyavanga, “How to Write About Africa”
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| 7/10 | Videos: Video Interviews with the authors, Chimamanda Ngosi Adici (video); Complete worksheets using the Computers. | Heerton, Lasse and Dirk Moses, “The Nigerian Biafran War”
Complete Worksheets and Prepare for Class Presentations. Adici, Chimamanda Ngozi, “A Private Experience” and “The thing around your Neck”.
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| 7/11 | Literary Circles
Literary Cirles – Class presentations. |
Jeet, Thayl, “The City Singapore”
Giridharas, Anand, A Letter to All Who Hae Lost in this Era” Thomas, Susan, Educational Migrants, Nationhood and the Making of the Indian Diaspora in the United States.” |
