HSY1511 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 2 2025 – ALL TOPICS (Answer Guide)

HSY1511
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 2025 –
ALL TOPICS
(Answer Guide)
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HSY1511 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 2 2025 – ALL TOPICS (Answer Guide)
VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN
GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER
PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics.
UNISA, 2025



Contents
Section A: Research and Writing Schedule ...................................................................................... 2
Essay Question: 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. ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Section B: Annotated Bibliography .................................................................................................... 3
Section C: Essay Timeline ..................................................................................................................... 6
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 by the British
government.”............................................................................................................................................. 8
Section B: Annotated Bibliography ................................................................................................ 8
Section C: Essay Timeline ............................................................................................................... 11
Question 4: “Critically discuss Patrice Lumumba’s role as a Pan-Africanist leader in the
Congo’s liberation and the ensuing conflict which led to his assassination in 1961.” ...... 12
Section B: Annotated Bibliography .............................................................................................. 12
Section C: Essay Timeline ............................................................................................................... 14
Question 1: Discuss how Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography have
enriched history writing on Africa, using Great Zimbabwe as an example. .......................... 15
Section B: Annotated Bibliography .............................................................................................. 15
Section C: Essay Timeline ............................................................................................................... 18

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Section A: Research and Writing Schedule

Essay Question:
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.
Activity Start Date End Date
Preliminary research 26 Aug 2025 28 Aug 2025
Essay planning 29 Aug 2025 30 Aug 2025
In-depth reading 31 Aug 2025 03 Sep 2025
Reflection on the plan 04 Sep 2025 04 Sep 2025
Essay summary 05 Sep 2025 06 Sep 2025
Reflection on the summary 07 Sep 2025 07 Sep 2025
Essay writing 08 Sep 2025 13 Sep 2025
Essay revision 14 Sep 2025 15 Sep 2025
Essay writing reflection 16 Sep 2025 16 Sep 2025
Compiling the portfolio 17 Sep 2025 18 Sep 2025
Submission of portfolio 19 Sep 2025 19 Sep 2025