History

1. 1.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Distinguish formal independence from an end to all external dependence.

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2. 2.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Explain the contrast expressed by the fictional interviewee.

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3. 3.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Explain two ways the Second World War contributed to pressures for decolonisation and explain how those pressures related to existing local nationalist movements.

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4. 4.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Explain the strengths and limitations of retrospective oral history for studying partition experiences.

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5. 5.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Assess the claim that decolonisation followed one uniform process, using India and Ghana as reference points.

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6. 6.

   Factual framework: British rule in India ended in 1947; partition created India and Pakistan and was accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Ghana became independent in 1957. Fictional oral-history stimulus: an invented interviewee recalls, 'The flag changed before we found a place to sleep.' The interview is imagined decades after 1947; neither person nor words are real testimony. Assess whether a transfer-of-power date is an adequate measure of decolonisation's success.

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