Description
You will write a paper on a single primary source in West African history. You will identify, analyze and contextualize that source. Who wrote or produced it? How do you understand it? That is, what does it mean—what did its producer intend for it to mean, and how do you interpret it, as a historian? What is its significance? Your paper must be armed with a strong thesis statement in which you state your over-all argument clearly and concisely. The thesis belongs at the beginning—not the end!—of your paper. The paper should be no less than ten pages in length. you need one primary source. I want you to analyze one of her poems. you need one primary sourceT{he source could be a short text, an image, or an object in a museum collection.) you can analyze two of her poems.
It is extremely important to follow the instructions because not following instruction is the reason for this rewrite.
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This is some secondary sources
Mack, Beverly B., and Jean Boyd. One Womans Jihad: Nana Asmau, Scholar and Scribe. Indiana University Press, 2000.
“Collected Works of Nana Asma'u: Daughter of Usman 'Dan Fodiyo by Nana Asma'u.” Goodreads, Goodreads, 30 Sept. 1997, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440818.Collected_Works_of_Nana_Asma_u.
“Collected Works of Nana Asma'u: Daughter of Usman 'Dan Fodiyo by Nana Asma'u.” Goodreads, Goodreads, 30 Sept. 1997, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440818.Collected_Works_of_Nana_Asma_u.