ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

This essay is around 3-4 pages, typed, double-spaced. You will turn it into turnitin.com and bring a paper copy to class. This is due to turnitin on February 26th. Answer one of the following:

1.       PONDER GLOBAL MUSIC…Choose one of the following bands or individuals: The Beatles, Bob Marley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cesária Évora, or Antonio Carlos Jobim. Discuss the world historical impact of this musical sensation. How was this individual or group important in countries other than their own? How does this artist or group represent a world historical theme?  (For example, what was the impact of The Beatles in Japan? Place the singer or group into the context of the history.)

2.     PONDER GLOBAL LEADERSHIP…What makes a leader great? Vaclav Havel, Ho Chi Minh, Kwame Nkrumah, Rigoberta Menchú, and Mohandas K. Gandhi were all leaders (not necessarily heads of state) in various parts of the world in the 20^th century. Choose at least two and discuss their rise to power and leadership style. What connects the two leaders you have chosen?

3.    PONDER GLOBAL DECOLONIZATION…Examine post-World War Two decolonization in the context of two countries. You must choose one from Column A and one from Column B.  You may compare and contrast the experience of decolonization in two countries. You must make and prove a claim regarding the meaning of decolonization. Use the two countries to make a bold claim.

Column A: AFRICA

Libya

Egypt

Sudan

Tunisia

Morocco

Ghana

Guinea

Cameroon

Mali

Senegal

Madagascar

Somalia

Burkina Faso

Ivory Coast

Republic of Congo

Nigeria

Tanzania

South Africa

Rwanda

Burundi

Nigeria

Cape Verde

Angola

Zimbabwe

COLUMN B: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

India

Palestine

Burma

Ceylon

Malaya

Sarawak

Borneo

Vietnam

Cambodia

Laos

Singapore

Brunei

Hong Kong

Philippines

Indonesia

Samoa Tonga

Fiji

Papua New Guinea