Essay instructions

● Each essay should consist of a few paragraphs (no longer than 2 pages per essay)

that address the topic as thoroughly as possible.

● Get to the point: no need for introductory/concluding paragraphs; unnecessary or

irrelevant “filler” = deduction of points.

● Specifics: Double-space, Times Roman 12-font, 1-inch margins.

● The assignment should be based on the course’s required readings.

● Your essays must be written in your own words. Do not quote from the readings.

● All essays should be numbered submitted as one Word document.

● Cite where appropriate in the text of your essay; for example: (Olson 1993, 569).

(III) Aime Cesaire presents a critical view of European colonialism: what is that
view (explain) and describe two historical incidents illustrated by Sven Lindqvist
that are consistent with Cesaire’s view.

https://blackboard.sdsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5146527-dt-content-rid-104229841_1/courses/POL_S370-01-Fall2019/Cesaire%20-%20Discourse%20on%20Colonialism.pdf

https://blackboard.sdsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5146528-dt-content-rid-104229848_1/courses/POL_S370-01-Fall2019/6%20Gods%20of%20Arms%20-%20Lindqvist.pdf

(IV) What ideas of Frantz Fanon and Mao Zedong inspired modern liberation
movements and how is their (Fanon and Mao) thinking distinct from each other,
according to Sebastian Kaempf?

https://blackboard.sdsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5146533-dt-content-rid-104229867_1/courses/POL_S370-01-Fall2019/Kaempf%20-%20guerrilla%20warfare%20and%20authentic%20self-affirmation%202009.pdf

(V) According to Mahmood Mamdani, what is the difference between ethnicity and
race in post-colonial Africa and which was invoked in the genocidal violence in
Rwanda in 1994?

https://blackboard.sdsu.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5146537-dt-content-rid-104229869_1/courses/POL_S370-01-Fall2019/Mamdani%20Mkg%20Sense%20of%20Pol%20Viol%20in%20Postcol%20Afr%202003.pdf

1200 words