Assessing the Congo Unit
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This week’s unit that I chose was the Congo Unit. I really
did not have a background in anything African related aside from Egypt so
deciding the stories was kind of a shot in the dark! I just went for it and I’m
glad I did! I did have a couple favorite stories including Another Vanishing Wife
and Why the Crocodile Does Not Eat the Hen. I did not really like nor
understand the Fetish of Chilunga, The Rabbit and the Antelope, and The WickedHusband. Some of the stories didn’t make a whole lot of sense so I would have
liked more of a background if there could have been any. That might just be the
point of the story though; I do not know how the Congo works. The stories I
disliked were not bad stories, I just did not like what happened in them. All
of these stories were wonderfully written and interesting to say the least.
This unit met my expectations by the fact that I didn’t have any expectations,
and this unit caught my attention one hundred percent! I learned that the
inequality of women and submission of them to men is a reoccurring theme
throughout the world. I already knew that, but the depth to which the
inequality stretches into history is always interesting. I am continuously
surprised at the gruesomeness that is in some of these stories. The wicked
husband cut his wife’s legs off! The antelope buries the rabbit alive! The
fetish of Chilunga was very creepy, too. I just felt like these three stories were
the most outstanding in their not socially accepted actions. I really didn’t
like them. The ones I did like had really good morals and followed them really
well! That’s why those were my favorite. I really enjoyed this unit!
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