Course materials

1. What is your first/initial response to this reading? Was this a difficult or
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What is your first/initial response to this reading?Was this a difficult or easy story, poem,
and so on for you to engage?Does the idea, issue or problem/challenge you identify and
address in yourcurrent journal entry relate to (or remind you of) one from a
previousreading? Which one? How?Did your thinking about the story, poem, etc., change
after you finishedreading it? If yes, why? If not, why not?What questions, thoughts or
comments do you have about this assignedreading but do not want to engage at this time in
your current journalentry?Write those questions down in your current journal entry so you
canaccess them again when you need/want to engage them.Make sure to write in your
journal every week. You should remember todate the end of each entry – this will help you
keep track of how yourthinking develops about the stories, poems, video documentaries,
etc.,overall.Week 1 – January 9 – 13Kalu, Anthonia C., “Introduction,”Joseph, George;
“African Literature”Week 2 – January 16 – 20“The Dead King Hunts and Eats the Gods,”“The
Origin of Death,”“The Adventures of Abunuwas, Trickster Hero,”“Why the Sun and the Moon
Live in the Sky,”“How Makeda Visited Jerusalem and How Menelik Became King,”Week 3 –
January 23 – 27:Patrice Emery Lumumba, “Dawn in the Heart of Africa,”Camara Laye, The
Dark Child,Week 4 – January 30 – February 3Chinua Achebe, Things Fall ApartFerdinand
Oyono, HouseboyWeek 5 – February 6 – 10:Flora Nwapa, “Efuru”Gcina Mhlope, “The Toilet”