Overall, I believe the presentations were successful. I didn't feel that any group did bad. It was interesting to see the array of topics concerning African culture and knowledge of that culture. Some of the topics were pretty general, but others were deep and insightful.
One presentation I thoroughly enjoyed was the group that researched depression in African Americans. That is a topic that many African Americans shy away from, because of shame. I didn't realize there were so many aspects as far as different types of depression and the causes in African Americans. The group presenting did a great job in their research.
I didn't care as much for the group presenting on dance and music in African American culture. They did a good job of picking a few big names in African American music. However, I felt that they could have done a little more research and mentioned names not as well known. It seemed as if their project may have been thrown together at the last minute.
I think my group did well, outside of the fact that we went over our presentation time. In all honesty, we didn't prepare in advance as much as we should have. But given the time frame, I think we pulled everything together nicely. Our research maybe could've been more narrow.
As a whole, the groups presenting with us did wonderful. A lot of people pulled examples from notes we took in seminars, which is a great use of resources. We've learned a lot this semester and we reflected our learning in our work. Hopefully, the skills we've acquired in seminars and while researching will stick with us for the remainder of our time here at Howard.
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