Dowden

Dowden

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Academic Level: –

Assignment type : Coursework
Format MLA

Volume of 2 pages (550 words)
Week 15 East Africa
Tasks for the Week:
• Read handout–
o Dowden: “How the Press Missed the Story”
• Optional: Watch Hotel Rwanda

Part 1:
Assignment: Select Two of below Options to complete required task.
Each week, it will be your responsibility to post at least one original post to one of my posts of a minimum of 350 words, and to reply to at least two comments made by classmates, by name. The replies need to be at least 100 words each.

Rwanda, the country (Option 1)
COLLAPSE
We have been studying the fairly recent horrible past of Rwanda. Find an article about something good or positive happening there. What makes Rwanda the darling of the development community?

How the Press Missed the Story (Option 2)
COLLAPSE
What story did they miss? What reasons are suggested for this huge press oversight?

Hotel Rwanda (optional) (Option 3)
COLLAPSE
Watch this film. (You will have to find it at the library, rent it from Netflix, or borrow/buy it).
Discuss the main themes – how do they relate to what we’ve learned in class? Do any of the movie themes echo the themes of the two articles this week, on the lack of press coverage or the experience of ethnicity among the peasants?
What are you questions arising from the film? What is your opinion of the movie?

Part 2: Responses- After others postings completed. (reply to at least two comments made by classmates, by name. The replies need to be at least 100 words each)

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