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South African President Thabo Mbeki’s Contoversial views on AIDS. Read here.
South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, in controversy over her recent claims about delaying the onset of AIDS. Read here.

Isaac Julien’s film, Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks, examines some of the larger issues of race, nationalism, and colonialism we have been exploring so far this semester. Below are some ideas to consider as you frame your response to the film in the form of a blog post:
-In the film, Stuart Hall discusses the [...]

Link here. Have fun!

Why do you think Chinua Achebe takes the title for his novel from the following poem?

“THE SECOND COMING”
by W.B. Yeats
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things [...]

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As we begin to discuss Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, it may prove generative to think about his quote below in order to frame our discussion of this novel in relationship to Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Additionally, let’s read the excerpt from “Colonialist Criticism” in the Readings section of the blog in order to examine [...]

OK everyone, the Richard Ligon wikipedia article is still languishing! Thus far only Kathryn and Emily have added anything to the page I created on the wiki.
So, I would like the rest of the class to find something to add to it and start shaping it into a rudimentary article one might see in [...]