World Cultures Mr. Pendergast

AFRICA PAPER: “Cost of Development” Country Reports – 2007-2008

Time to get into the meat of it! See below for confirmation of your country choices. You all should have received your first or second choice. Please let me know if that didn’t happen, or if you would like to switch to another country not already taken by a class mate.

As African nations struggle to compete with the developed, or "first," world, what have been the costs of development for the people of (your country's name)?

Here's a confirmation of the African countries you will be researching for this project:

D Block	F Block
David Better - Kenya Elly Carroll - Rwanda Charlie Castine - Algeria Brendan Chin - Sierra Leone Cristina Cortez – Dem. Rep. of Congo Daniel Fraser - Madagascar Ryan Gartin - Zimbabwe Kelly Groglio - Nigeria Anna Harrison - Ethiopia Matt Henkel - Rwanda Wes Koorbusch - Tunisia Conrad Oberbeck - Somalia Ben Prout – Somalia Toshihiro Terai - Ghana	Preston Baldwin - Zimbabwe Nick Brown - Somalia Alejandro Ceballos - Rwanda Mike Forrester – Côte D’Ivoire Alex Gattinella - Ethiopia Victor Holten - Morocco Christine Kiernan - Sudan Lee Lowden - Morocco Devin Mehra - Angola Gabby Michnoff – Sierra Leone Mac Morse - Mozambique Will Preziosi - Uganda Irina Racheva - Ghana Sade Sommerville - Ghana Amanda Young - Rwanda

Stage I: Thesis Paragraph – DUE Wednesday, February 27: Choose five Current Problems that your country is facing

and mention how the roots of these problems can be traced back to the colonial period.

Stage II: Outline and Preliminary Biography – DUE Wednesday, April 18

Stage III: 1^st Draft: 3 – 5 pages with “Parenthetical” Citations (I’ll explain in class) – DUE Wednesday, May 7 (D Block)

& Thursday, May 8 (F Block) – Note Changes

Stage IV: Final Draft: DUE Tuesday, May 20 – Note Changes