What role did family ties and structures and professional/social identities like one’s social caste and one’s family rank play in the lives of people in Upper Guinea? In Guinea in general?

Basic Instructions: Having completed “The Dark Child” answer the following questions in a thoughtful reaction paper of NO MORE than 400 words:
1) What is the role of Malink religious practices in Upper Guinea c. 1930-1950?
2) What role did family ties and structures and professional/social identities like one’s social caste and one’s family rank play in the lives of people in Upper Guinea? In Guinea in general?
3) For what purpose(s) did the Malink have rituals for the harvest, the solicitation of services, major comings and goings, and for the transition to adulthood? In other words, could not these occasions have been dealt with in another way or were these rituals essential and if so why?
4) What issues were at stake in deciding to become educated in French Guinea and what were the pluses and minuses of choosing to become educated?
5) Camara Laye states on more than one occasion that women in Guinea were strong and independent. Based on his relationships with the women in his world, was he right?
6) What attitude does Camara Laye appear to have towards colonialism and what evidence for this attitude can you point to?

When documenting your work: Provide sufficient evidence for your answers using the assigned sources for the paper by means of paraphrases only that clearly indicate which source you are using for each paraphrase.
No direct quotes or footnotes are permitted.
As per the syllabus, failure to document your work properly will result in deductions from the papers scores up to 25% and more in egregious cases.

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