Topic Colonialism in West Africa..
A focused proposal essay c. 8-10 pages describing a research project you would undertake in full if you win the (imaginary) research award of $20,000. This proposal is designed to be as close to a real research award as possible in terms of requirements. This writing assignment serves as the equivalent of a class midterm and final exam. It is completed in various stages. The final version is a research proposal (8-10 double-spaced pages, excluding bibliography, budget, or cover pages) written in grant-proposal format. It describes a hypothetical research project you would undertake if you received a fellowship award. The final proposal must make a strong, persuasive case for the project’s significance (why this project matters to scholarship and/or society), demonstrate your knowledge of the historical context, present an analysis of selected past scholarship on this topic (historiography), and detail research plans that involve, in part or in full, the use of non-documentary sources. Your research plans must also relate a plausible timeline and budget for your proposed research. Please note all citations must be in FOOTNOTES. with a minimum of 2 background sources, 4 literature reviews and 2 primary sources MINIMUM. Please i can’t fail this course it’s my last semester of college. Want to focus on british and french colonies such as (benin, senegal togo, nigeria and ghana).