these are the questions sir. please write a one page essay about each one of them. USE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN FROM THE POER POINTS ATTACHED.

1. Select an African leader who ruled between 1300 and 1830 and craft a biographical essay on him. You should focus your attention on his rise to power, administrative style, policies (foreign and domestic), achievements, and failures. Include comment on what you consider as the leader’s most enduring legacy.

2. Prepare a lecture you will give on the shaping of Southern African society to 1850. Select and discuss four themes you will include in your lecture. Be sure to include a justification for your selection and what do you consider as the nature of Southern African society by 1850. Support your response with significant historical data.

3. “The origins and development of the Empires of the Western Sudan (Ghana, Mali, and Songhay) were largely the result of the foreign influences, especially religion and trade, with local political and economic elements.” Discuss critically with specific reference to the nature and impact of the foreign influences and the role of geographic, economic and local political traditions in the shaping of Sudanic empires.

4. Comment fully on the origins and consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Include comment on what you consider to have been the most enduring legacy of the trade. You must use substantial evidence to support your argument.

5. Craft an essay on the rise and fall of the Ghana Empire. Your essay should be a thoughtful analysis of the political, economic, and social systems. Be sure to include why the empire lasted for over six centuries. You must use substantial evidence in your response.

6. Comment on the role of trade in shaping the history of the East African Coast to 1870. In your discussion be sure to identity what you consider to be major themes and turning points. You must support your arguments with substantial historical data.