Africa issue – Mail and Guardian (South Africa)

Write a well-argued 3-page essay expanding on any 2 items on the themes below, with one article coming from any of the following sources: Mail and Guardian (South Africa) https://mg.co.za/ Independent (Uganda) https://www.independent.co.ug Lusaka Times (Zambia) https://www.lusakatimes.com Independent (Nigeria) https://www.independent.ng Egypt Independent (Egypt) https://www.egyptindependent.com And one article coming from any of the following sources: New York Times, Economist, Wall Street Journal, and/or British Guardian about Africa. These articles must have been published between 1 May and 1 August 2019 – African Economic Issues: Prices of minerals, Role of China in Africa, Economic Growth/issues in a particular country – African Political Issues: Conflict in any of: Nigeria, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, Egypt, Libya. Other political issues, such as democracy, elections, corruption. – African Refugees – Climate and effects of climate change: Drought, flooding, conservation etc – Religion in Africa (and conflict) – Culture: Articles relating to positive stories in Africa regarding culture. You should summarize each article in a paragraph, and then write a page on how the contents of the article relates to what you have learned in this class, referring to specific readings on Blackboard, the textbook, class modules and so forth. You should also note any differences between the types of views reported between the African and non-African source (eg Weekly Mail versus New York Times) ie is there a noticeable difference in opinions of events as seen by African sources versus non-African?