· Think through the role that the representation of masculinities plays in any one text we have read so far.
· In what ways does the reality of freedom from colonial rule interact with the lived reality of the newly freed peoples of postcolonial states in any of the texts we have discussed.
· Violence is not the answer. Or is it? Think through the depictions of violence in any one text we have discussed.
· How was independence gendered across postcolonial contexts? Think through the quotidian implications of the anti-colonial movement and the freedom they attained for women in any of the texts we have discussed.