HSY1511 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

HSY1511
Assignment 3 Semester 1 2025
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Due Date: April 2025

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, TABLE OF CONTENTS (all 4 questions answered)
QUESTION 1: DISCUSS HOW LINGUISTICS, ANTHROPOLOGY,
ARCHAEOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHY HAVE ENRICHED HISTORY WRITING
ON AFRICA USING GREAT ZIMBABWE AS AN EXAMPLE .................................... 3

QUESTION 2: CRITICALLY DISCUSS HOW EUROPEAN THINKERS AND
COLONIALISTS USED PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC RACISM TO JUSTIFY SLAVERY
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY WITH REFERENCE TO THE STORY OF
SARAH BAARTMAN.................................................................................................. 5

QUESTION 3: EXPLAIN HOW IDEAS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE 19TH
CENTURY LED TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY WITH REFERENCE TO
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA BY THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT ......................................................................................................... 8

QUESTION 4: THE CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO EUROPEAN AND
AMERICAN INFLUENCE. ........................................................................................ 11




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