Why did several African American intellectuals argue for black migration out of the United States during the nineteenth century?

Prompt: Why did several African American intellectuals argue for black migration out of the United States during the nineteenth century? What were the primary arguments for and against black emigration within African American communities and who were the leading voices?

Must use one primary source, the others can be books or articles. Sources must be “scholarly” avoid .com or .net links

Explain how some gender, sexual and family dynamics in African societies are unique and how some are similar to other societies.

Short Assignment #3

Below are the details for this paper! Have attached the readings as well. There are 8 attachments in total, but 9 documents for reading,couldnt find one of the attachments. There are also 2 online films, but only one you actually need to review/watch. You dont have to read all of the readings, just enough for you to be able to write the paper, so feel free to choose which readings youd like to use/reference and go from there, based on the topic of the assignment (below). Believe referencing at least two should be okay. Feel free to let me know if you need more details!

Assignment – Explain how some gender, sexual and family dynamics in African societies are unique and how some are similar to other societies.Include in your discussion a reference to precolonial Yoruba gender norms and ideas around sexuality as alluded to in film “Rafiki”.

Readings/Film as mentioned above that you can choose to reference:

Session 6 Readings/Films – Topic: Gender /Kinship
1) Amadiume, Ifi (1987) “ Introduction” and “ Ideology of Gender” Male Daughters, Female
Husbands : Gender and Sex in African Society “ London. Zed Books.

2) Kihato, Caroline (2013) “ Turning the Home Inside-Out- Private Space and Everyday Politics” in
Migrant Women of Johannesburg : Everyday Life in an in Between City.pp.90-112.Palgrave
Macmillan. (dont have this attachment but feel free to google if you'd like to read/use it!)

3) Njambi, Wairimu and William O’ Brian( 2005) Revisiting “Woman-Woman Marriage”: Notes on
Gikuyu Women in African Gender Studies. pp 145-165. Palgrave Macmillan.

4) Nyanzi, Stella (2011) “Sleeping With My Dead Husbands Brother” The Impact of HIV on
Widowhood and Widow Inheritance in Kampala, Uganda” in Fourth Wave : Violence, Gender,
Culture, & HIV in the 21st Century .pp 295-317

5) Oyewumi, Oyeronke (2005)“Reconstituting The Cosmology and SocioCultural Institutions of
Oyo-Yoruba; Articulating the Yoruba World Sense in African Gender Studies. pp. 99-119.
Palgrave Macmillan.

6) Online Film “Neria”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Un8wyhOQ0&t=2844s

Session 7 Readings/Films – Topic: Sexualities
1) Hendriks, Thomas “SIM Cards of Desire: Sexual Versatility and Male Homoerotic Economy in
Urban Congo” pp. 230-242. American Ethnologist Volume 43 issue 2 2016

2) Mbasalaki, Phoebe Kisubi (2019) “Women Who Love Women Negotiation of Afican Traditions
and Kinship” in Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies. pp. 37-48

3) Nyanzi, Stella (2014) “ Queering Queer Africa” in “Reclaiming Afrikan: queer Perspectives on
Sexual Gender Identities” Modjaj Books Pty Ltd

4) Tamale, Sylvia (2006) “Eroticism, Sensuality and Womens Secrets Among the Baganda” Institute
of Development Studies 37:5 pp.89-97

5) Online Film “Rafiki” ( Kanopy)
https://nyu.kanopy.com/product/rafiki

How is the impact of colonialism or post colonialism on African society described within the story?

My professor has asked me to write a book report. He’d like me to summarize the book as well as answer 3 specific questions. He gave us four books to choose from. haven’t picked one yet, but I’ll let you know which one shortly! Also, let me know if you need me to also provide a copy of the book. can also provide the syllabus for the class and/or the short papers have written myself for this class thus far if that helps you to get an idea of what the professor is looking for and my writing style (which isn’t that great haha). Let me know if that would help! Below are the questions, as mentioned.

1) How is Africa represented within the book? What images, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about African society are expressed?

2) How are gender relations described in the book? What do you perceive of women’s and men’s roles and/ or status?

3) How is the impact of colonialism or post colonialism on African society described within the story?

Identify and explain a theme or recurring idea that comes from studying Fred Hampton.What did his life/actions teach the American public?

Fred Hampton Research Paper

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Instructions

Write a news article (opinion) that addresses the following:

(Minimum of 2 pages. Must utilizes at least two articles from a database)

Fred Hampton & his Assassination

Cointelpro

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL POLITICS Other ideas you may want to include:

Rainbow Coalition -Bill O’Neal If you are struggling.

Understand that the idea of this paper is to identify and explain a theme or recurring idea that comes from studying Fred Hampton.What did his life/actions teach the American public?

 

Highlight some of the key women involved in the traditional Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.How did they deal with both racism and sexism?

Answer only three of the following four questions separately and to the best of your ability. Use only the text and our class discussions. No outside sources. Each of your three answers must be 1-2 pages in length. Each answer must be clearly marked with the corresponding question number. Do not retype the question. Your answers must be typed, double-spaced, 12-point font. All three answers should be sent as one document.

1: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey were the three preeminent black leaders of the late 19th and early 20th century. Discuss their origins, ascensions, philosophies, and conflicts.

2. Discuss the writers of the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances. How were they funded? Highlight the major figures and differing philosophies.

3.Discuss the relationship between the communist party and the struggle for civil rights in the United States. You should explain the significance of the Scottsboro Boys, the Red Scare, etc. You should explain why the communist party fell out of favor.

4. Highlight some of the key women involved in the traditional Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.How did they deal with both racism and sexism?

Source: Darlene Clark Hine, William Hine, and Stanley Harrold, African Americans A Concise History, 5th edition (Pearson, 2013) (Hereinafter referred to as “Hine”)

What was the racial system know as apartheid and how and why was it constructed?

South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid.

Analyze a document from pages 145-203 of Nancy Clark and William Worger, South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid. Carefully choose one of the documents to analyze. This assignment will provide an opportunity to explore the the racial system of apartheid and other aspects of race relations in modern South Africa in greater depth than can be obtained from other required readings.

Read pages 1-144 of Clark and Worger (especially Chapters 3-5) to gain an in-depth understanding of what the racial system of apartheid was and how and why it was constructed and dismantled. Then select one of the documents to analyze.

This paper should use the document analysis to develop a deeper understanding of apartheid. As you read and take notes, be sure to pay attention to the following questions:
What was the racial system know as apartheid and how and why was it constructed?
Analyze the document by investigating the following questions: Who created the document? Why was the document created? What was the document’s intended audience? What type of document is it? When was the document created? You may choose to make reference to other documents in the Clark and Worger volume if they offer a useful perspective on your document.
How does the document enhance my understanding of apartheid?