F- Africa in the World: Historical Perspectives
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PARAGRAPH QUESTIONS
Answer ANY FIVE of the following paragraph questions.
1. Explain the importance of History as the systematic study of the past, with reference
to the difference between history and the past as well as the role historians
play in writing history. (20)
2. Discuss why it is important to study history with reference to change and
knowledge. (20)
3. Discuss how European explorers viewed African history in the first half of
the 20th century? (20)
4. In what ways can Archaeology, Anthropology and Linguistics enrich history
writing in Africa? (20)
5. Analyse how the discipline of Linguistics can contribute to the study of History . (20)
6. Explain the significance of oral tradition in the study of African History. (20)
7. Discuss the relationship between history and archaeology. (20)
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8. Discuss how Sarah Baartman became a symbol of ideas of race held by Europeans
in the 19th century, and how this promoted racial and gender discrimination. (20)
9. Define the term Ubuntu and discuss its role in European exploration in the
19th century. (20)
10. Explain role of religion in the Haitian revolution in 1791-1804. (20)
11. Identify any two Enlightenment thinkers and explain how they contributed to racist
ideas regarding Africa in the 19th century. (20)
12. Analyse how ideas of the Enlightenment in the 19th century led to the abolition of
slavery. (20)
13. Examine the role of Negro Spirituals in North American slavery. (20)
14. Explain how Frantz Fanon’s ideas contributed to the decolonization of Africa in
the 1950s-1960s. (20)
15. Briefly discuss why decolonization in Africa became more rapid after the end
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