What is the Chapter about (topic, issue or subject on which it is based)? 

(b): What is the thesis (central or main argument) of the Chapter, and on which page or pages 
can that be found? 

(c): What key arguments does the author make to support the thesis? 

(d): What do you think about the arguments the author makes (do you find them convincing 
or not convincing, and why?). 

(e): What are the three key things or lessons about the history of Africa since 1850 that you 
have learned from the selected Chapter?