PAU 3101-AFRICAN HISTORY GROUP ASSIGNMENT

April 2015
Instructions
Kindly tackle the following group/team assignments. Each team is expected
to constitute approximately ten candidates and must appoint a group leader,
who will ensure that the group conducts research, compiles a research paper,
presents it in a class seminar and submits the paper for grading. This should
be about 4000 words at most, typed double space. The paper should be well
written and it should observe the basic canons of good historical writing. In
assessing this paper, we will pay attention to elements of good writing
including how well the paper is referenced. For a basic introduction to
elements of good writing, William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of
Style (New York: Longman, [1959] 2000), (New Edition) is a guide. Nb/ Each
Group presentation constitutes 20% of the final grade for this course.
Term Paper Topics-GROUP 1 (8.30-10.30 AM) ISIDORES CLASS
Q1. In your view, what factors contributed to the emergence of Egypt as a
great civilization?
Q.2. Explain the features of Egyptian excellence in the field of science and
technology.
Q3. Discuss the consequences of the Trans Atlantic trade on African
communities from the 15th century to the 18th century.
Q4. In your view, what are the most important consequences of the scramble
for and partition of Africa, on the peoples of the continent?
Q5. Discuss the Contribution of either Julius Nyerere to the promotion of Pan
Africanism
Q6. Some scholars have referred to the former Organization of African Unity
(OAU), as a toothless Bull Dog. Discuss.
Q7. With reference to the Economic Community of West African
States(ECOWAS), discuss the contribution and challenges of regional
integration in Africa since the 1960s.

Term Paper Topics-GROUP 2 (11-1-PM)-AGANAS CLASS

Q1. Discuss the contribution of ancient Egypt to the cultural heritage?

Q2. Discuss the view that the Kingdom of Meroe was the Birmingham of
Africa
Q3. With reference to any African community, explain the factors that
enabled it to resist colonialism prior to the First World war.
Q4. With illustrations from any one African country, discuss the view that
colonialism planted the seed of African nationalism.
Q5. In your view, what role did Kwame Nkrumah play in the advancement of
Pan Africanism?.
Q6. Explain the contribution of the African Union towards the promotion of
democracy and human rights in Africa.
Q7. With reference to the East African Community (EAC), discuss the
contribution and challenges of regional integration in Africa since the 1960s.