HIS 102 and 112
Achebe Paper Assignment
Chinua Achebe, born 1930 in Southern Nigeria, is presently the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. His novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which you have the option to read in your course, is the most widely read work of African literature. Photo credit Collegenews.org.
Answer the following question in a one-page paper:
Citing specific evidence from Achebe's Things Fall Apart (not from the textbook), how did the appearance of Europeans in the nineteenth century alter/affect Ibo society?
- typed using a word processor (font size 10 or 12 only)
- one-inch margins
- double-spaced
- page number citations for your quoted evidence
- not to exceed one (1) page
- name, date and HIS 112 at the top left
- must have a brief introduction and conclusion (each not to exceed two sentences)
- You may consider submitting drafts of your assignment to your instructor for feedback before submitting the assignment for a grade. Please send some specific questions that you would like answered about your draft. The questions can be general (Is my introduction clear?) or specific (Is the phrase, "Chardin was jeweller," written correctly?). You can send in multiple drafts (within reason) of an assignment before you submit for a grade.
- At times, you may be asked to rewrite your essay before it is graded. This is done for your own benefit and will result in an improved grade.
Your assignment should be sent to your course instructor following the directions for submitting assignments.
The Achebe Paper is worth a maximum of 100 points.