For the final paper, you will craft an article on/about African cinema for a newspaper or a magazine (for NPR, New York Times, The New Yorker, or The Washington Post). Inspired by topics, histories, scenes, filmmakers, stylistic features, and narratives of the films viewed in class, you will write a 1000 words article to inform your readers (general public) about African cinema and the many reasons to watch cinema coming out of Africa. Inform your readers about the importance of showing African cinema to students and how African cinema will enable students to cultivate a better understanding of Africa, Africans, and the global Black diaspora. You have the creative freedom to construct your own writing piece but do build on some of the topics discussed in class and cultural issues that were depicted in the films.
Grading Rubrics:
Title & tagline (i.e. subheading): 2 Points
For example, if your title is “Urbanism in Nairobi” then give a subheading underneath the main title–“Is Kenya’s capital city struggling to achieve the status of a global city?”
Narrative Content: 10 points
Thematic Grasp (socio-political and cultural issues): 10 points
Citation (3 citations required from in-class readings): 3 points
Important Info:
Do not replicate what you wrote in your video and reading responses. Plagiarizing and fabricating information or citations is unacceptable, and it will not be tolerated.
Citation Guidelines:
To cite from videos, just write the name of the video(s) and year.
If you need further information on citations, see Chicago Citation style guide: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html
Few examples of online news blogs and articles:
http://ala.keralascholars.org/issues/29/contagion-and-control-in-cinema-halls/ (Links to an external site.)
Africans in China and Chinese in Africa: Trends and the Social Integration Conundrum
No more citations are needed. The ppt and link I uploaded is enough