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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1: Juju (the West African spiritual practice)

 * Article title: Juju
 * Article Evaluation There is very little written on this topic. The writing doesn't raise any red flags but there just isn't enough information. It is rated as start-class and mid-importance.
 * Sources: "From Africa to America to the World" by Khanye Tsebo; https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/20/that-not-so-old-black-magic-how-african-mysticism-returned-to-pop; "Juju Oaths in Customary Law Arbitration and Their Legal Validity in Nigerian Courts" by Abdulmumini A. Oba, "The Aetiology of an African-initiated Church in Ogali A. Ogali's "The Juju Priest"" by Frederick Hale
 * Sources: "From Africa to America to the World" by Khanye Tsebo; https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/20/that-not-so-old-black-magic-how-african-mysticism-returned-to-pop; "Juju Oaths in Customary Law Arbitration and Their Legal Validity in Nigerian Courts" by Abdulmumini A. Oba, "The Aetiology of an African-initiated Church in Ogali A. Ogali's "The Juju Priest"" by Frederick Hale
 * Sources: "From Africa to America to the World" by Khanye Tsebo; https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/20/that-not-so-old-black-magic-how-african-mysticism-returned-to-pop; "Juju Oaths in Customary Law Arbitration and Their Legal Validity in Nigerian Courts" by Abdulmumini A. Oba, "The Aetiology of an African-initiated Church in Ogali A. Ogali's "The Juju Priest"" by Frederick Hale

Option 2: 1948 accra riots

 * Article title 1948 Accra Riots
 * Article Evaluation: There is very little written on the article and the citations have been marked as needing verification.
 * Sources: "Nkrumah's Activities, 1947-48" by Merika Sherwood; "Protecting empire from without: francophone African migrant workers, British West Africa and French efforts to maintain power in Africa, 1945–1960"by Joanna Warson
 * Sources: "Nkrumah's Activities, 1947-48" by Merika Sherwood; "Protecting empire from without: francophone African migrant workers, British West Africa and French efforts to maintain power in Africa, 1945–1960"by Joanna Warson
 * Sources: "Nkrumah's Activities, 1947-48" by Merika Sherwood; "Protecting empire from without: francophone African migrant workers, British West Africa and French efforts to maintain power in Africa, 1945–1960"by Joanna Warson



Option 3 Nigeria Masquerade (Mmanwu)

 * Article title: Mmanwu
 * Article Evaluation: The article is not well-organized. It's just a couple of big paragraphs with a lot of information shoved together. It is rated as start-class and mid-importance.
 * Sources https://www.igboguide.org/HT-chapter9.htm ; "Challenges to Rural Festivals with the Return to Democratic Rule in Southeastern Nigeria" by Eli Bentor; "Playing with Prohibitions: Women, Agency, and Masquerades" by Bess Reed; "Spirits Incarnate: Cultural Revitalization in a Nigerian Masquerade Festival" by Bess Reed"; "Managing Masquerade Festivals for Tourism and Economic Gains: A Study of Mmanwu Festival in Anambra State" by Clifford Nwanna
 * Sources https://www.igboguide.org/HT-chapter9.htm ; "Challenges to Rural Festivals with the Return to Democratic Rule in Southeastern Nigeria" by Eli Bentor; "Playing with Prohibitions: Women, Agency, and Masquerades" by Bess Reed; "Spirits Incarnate: Cultural Revitalization in a Nigerian Masquerade Festival" by Bess Reed"; "Managing Masquerade Festivals for Tourism and Economic Gains: A Study of Mmanwu Festival in Anambra State" by Clifford Nwanna
 * Sources https://www.igboguide.org/HT-chapter9.htm ; "Challenges to Rural Festivals with the Return to Democratic Rule in Southeastern Nigeria" by Eli Bentor; "Playing with Prohibitions: Women, Agency, and Masquerades" by Bess Reed; "Spirits Incarnate: Cultural Revitalization in a Nigerian Masquerade Festival" by Bess Reed"; "Managing Masquerade Festivals for Tourism and Economic Gains: A Study of Mmanwu Festival in Anambra State" by Clifford Nwanna

Option 4: Afrobeat

 * Article title: Afrobeat
 * Article Evaluation This article wasn't very clear and didn't provide a great explanation or what afrobeat is. It also isn't super detailed. It was rated as start-class and top-importance for the Wikipedia project on Nigeria
 * Sources: "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat" by Alexander Stewart; "Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel" by Randall F. Grass; https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127853859
 * Sources: "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat" by Alexander Stewart; "Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel" by Randall F. Grass; https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127853859
 * Sources: "Make It Funky: Fela Kuti, James Brown and the Invention of Afrobeat" by Alexander Stewart; "Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The Art of an Afrobeat Rebel" by Randall F. Grass; https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127853859

Option 5: Biafran War

 * Article title: Nigerian Civil War
 * Article Evaluation: Rated C-class, Top importance. The article had a lot of information on it and was very detailed. There is also a lot of talk on the page and it seems like it is edited and revised often.
 * Sources https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civil-war-in-nigeria; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/21/buried-50-years-britain-shamesful-role-biafran-war-frederick-forsyth, http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/nigerian-civil-war-biafra-anniversary; "A Preliminary Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources on Nigerian Civil War / Biafran War Literature" by Craig W. McLuckie.
 * Sources https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civil-war-in-nigeria; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/21/buried-50-years-britain-shamesful-role-biafran-war-frederick-forsyth, http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/nigerian-civil-war-biafra-anniversary; "A Preliminary Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources on Nigerian Civil War / Biafran War Literature" by Craig W. McLuckie.
 * Sources https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civil-war-in-nigeria; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/21/buried-50-years-britain-shamesful-role-biafran-war-frederick-forsyth, http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/nigerian-civil-war-biafra-anniversary; "A Preliminary Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources on Nigerian Civil War / Biafran War Literature" by Craig W. McLuckie.