What is the role of Islam in Mali as portrayed in Sundiata on the one hand and the Arab writers on the other?

The essay should be 3-5 pages (about 1000 words) long excluding footnotes. You should double space your paper. You should include a title and page numbers. Your paper should have one-inch margins and be in Times New Roman Font.

Please insert the word count at the end of the paper.

Your essay should have an introductory section with a clear argument/thesis statement. Each paragraph in the body of the paper should have a topic sentence. The essay should also have a concluding section addressing the main arguments made.

Before you start to write and use secondary material, read the prompt carefully. Thus, you will be sure that your thesis statement directly addresses the question(s) being asked of you.

You are to use and quote ONLY assigned texts and PowerPoints for these essays. Do not cite any other text or source. Any paper containing material from other sources will be penalized. However, any reference or quote used in this essay MUST be cited in footnotes. Papers lacking footnotes will have a substantial deduction in grade.

You are to use Chicago Style citations.

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.htmlLinks to an external site.

A Note on Style and Substance: Do NOT use broad generalizations or assumptions about the subject(s) under discussion or about the audience reading your paper. For instance, do NOT say something along the lines of “Everyone today thinks [X]…”, “All ancient peoples believed [Y]…”, or “Peoples of the Western world do [Z]…” Also, do NOT use the term “Western world.”

To address in your paper:

Write an essay analyzing and comparing Sundiata: The Epic of Old Mali, Al Umari’s “The Kingdom of Mali and What Appertains to It,” and Ibn Battuta’s “Rihla (‘Journey’) according to the following points:

What is the role of Islam in Mali as portrayed in Sundiata on the one hand and the Arab writers on the other? In other words, Sundiata became known as a “great Muslim king,” but how do Sundiata: The Epic of Old Mali, Al Umari’s text, and Ibn Battuta’s text show the ways in which Islam was and was not significant in Mali?

NOTE: All three of these texts have been made available to you in the modules. Sundiata: The Epic of Old Mali is linked as several PDF documents on Canvas under the module for “Western Sudan to 1600.” And the writings of Al Umari and Ibn Battuta are included in the Quirin Readings chapter linked under the same module.

Last Completed Projects